Adalaida chords by Derek Ryan

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
G+G    G+G

Chorus:
C majorC C majorC   C majorC          G+G
Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen,
G+G            G+G
sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou,
G+G            C majorC
you're every young man's dream.
C majorC C majorC     C majorC           FF
Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane
  G+G         G+G
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
  G+G        C majorC      C majorC
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.

Verse 1:
C majorC  C majorC  C majorC            G+G
Oh, no, hear you comin' down the road
     G+G              G+G
with your cotton dress a-swishin', you gettin' some attention
   G+G          C majorC
from all the boys in Thibodaux.
C majorC  C majorC    C majorC            FF
Oh, my, you really fillin' up their eyes,
G+G           G+G
smilin' and a winkin' I know what they're thinkin'
  G+G          G+G
but I'm the only one who loves you so.

Chorus:
C majorC C majorC   C majorC          G+G
Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen,
G+G            G+G
sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou,
G+G            C majorC
you're every young man's dream.
C majorC C majorC     C majorC           FF
Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane
  G+G         G+G
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
  G+G        C majorC      C majorC
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.

Interlude:
C majorC    C majorC    C majorC    G+G
G MajorG    G+G    G+G    C majorC
C    C majorC    C majorC    FF
G+G    G+G    G+G    C majorC
C

Verse 2:
C majorC  C majorC    C majorC           G+G
Oh, no, the hottest little dish I know,
G+G             G+G
I know you can tell it you makin' me so jealous
    G+G        C majorC
from my head down to my toes.
C majorC  C majorC  C majorC            FF
Oh, me, you could make a redneck green,
  G+G            G+G
the way that you're lookin', you got me a cookin'
  G+G           G+G
and I ain't talking 'bout étoufée.

Chorus:
C majorC C majorC   C majorC          G+G
Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen,
G+G            G+G
sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou,
G+G            C majorC
you're every young man's dream.
C majorC C majorC     C majorC           FF
Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane
  G+G         G+G
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
  G+G        C majorC      C majorC
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.

End-Chorus:
C majorC C majorC   C majorC          G+G
Adalaida, pretty little Cajun queen,
G+G            G+G
sweet dixie flower, the Belle of the bayou,
G+G            C majorC
you're every young man's dream.
C majorC C majorC     C majorC           FF
Adalaida, I'd walk through the hurricane
  G+G         G+G
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
  G+G         G+G
to stand beside you, sweet Adalaida,
    G+G      G+G
just to stand beside of my sweet Adalida
  G+G        C majorC      C majorC
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
C majorC    C majorC G+G C majorC