Bayou Tortous chords by James Mcmurtry

Intro:
Dm

Verse 1:
Dm
Got a idea, tell you what let's do
Dm
Let's go out to that place on the Turtle Bayou
Dm
We'll maybe get lucky, maybe get shot
   F                    G
It couldn't be half the trouble I got


Refrain:
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around

Verse 2:
Dm
Just another night with the missus and me
Dm
Settin' on the couch watchin' Court TV
Dm
But lemme tell you son it can sure get real
       F                            G
If you ever get to thinkin' it's a done deal


Chorus:
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around
Dm
Get your big feet up off the ground
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around
Dm                                  G         Dm
We'll pass a good time out past the lights of town


Instrumental:
Dm
Dm
Dm
F G

Verse 3:
Dm
She comes from the land of the Bois d'Arc tree
Dm
Scotts Irish and Cherokee
Dm
She come down here when the northers blow
 F                     G
She don't care for the ice and snow


Chorus:
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around
Dm                           G
Get your big feet up off the ground
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around
Dm                         G                  Dm
We'll pass a good time out past the lights of town


Instrumental:
Dm

Bridge:
F
Take my hand Oklahoma Jane
Dm
One little dance wouldn't hurt a thing
F
Now it's noon, I'm rollin' up the drive
      G                A
And I ain't even got a decent lie


Verse 4:
Dm                                        G
Doesn't everybody get that way sometimes?
      Dm
I was lookin' at every woman but mine
 Dm
I was lookin' at the faces, lookin' at the parts
 F                  F
Lookin' through the hole in the bottom of my heart


Chorus:
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around
Dm                           G
Get your big feet up off the ground
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around
Dm                          G                 Dm
We'll pass a good time out past the lights of town


Refrain:
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around
Dm
Turtle Bayou turn around