Adalaida chords by Derek Ryan

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Intro:
G        G

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

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

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

Interlude:
C        C        C        G
G        G        G        C
C        C        C        F
G        G        G        C
C

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

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

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