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Bayou Country by Eric Lindell

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Eric Lindell
"Bayou Country"
Album: "Live in SPACE"

Lindell standard cover of Duke Bardwell's male-centered song, modified about a woman

Main riff played throughout except the refrain

   A       E(h)Em7          G           A
e|-------------------||-------------------------||
B|-5-5-----7-8-8-----||-----3-3---------5-5-----||
G|-6-6-----7-7-7-----||-----4-4---------6-6-----||
D|-7-7-----7-9-9-----||-----5-5---------7-7-----||
A|---------7-7-7-----||-------------------------||
E|-------------------||-------------------------||

Verse 1:
A                                 Em7
She was born in Louisiana 'round Bayou Manchac
 G                         A
Papa was a trapper from Napoleonville

A                     Em7
Mama was a dark eyed Cajun woman
    G                         A
If she listened to her mama she'd be there still

Verse 2:
A                     Em7
She went to school in Morgan City
 G                         A
Used to go to dances in Abbeyville
A                   Em7
Fell in love with a boy from New Orleans
 G                         A
If she listened to that boy, she might be there still
refrain:
>>cresendo strum of A for 2 bars<<

Chorus:
A       Em7
Oh my, bayou country
 G                         A
Smell of magnolias bring you to your knees
A             Em7
Fais do dos and Cajun women
 G                         A
Spanish moss hangin from big oak trees

Verse 3:
A                     Em7
Travelled back and forth across this country
 G                         A
Met a lot of people and I made a lot of friends
A                     Em7
She got the feelin of the swamp land runnin through her blood
 G                         A
Goin back home but she don't know when

>>SOLO BREAK<<

Verse 4:
A                     Em7
California's fallin, Detroits burnin
 G                         A
Whole lot of trouble in DC town
A                     Em7
Nothin very pretty 'bout New York City
 G                         A
Mississippi take me to higher ground

Chorus:
A       Em7
Oh my, bayou country
 G                         A
Smell of magnolias bring you to your knees
A             Em7
Fais do dos and Cajun women
 G                         A
Spanish moss hangin from big oak trees
A             Em7           G                         A
Oh my, bayou country!


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| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| h   Hummer-on
| p   Pull-off
| ~   Vibrato
| +   Harmonic
| x   Dead note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend