Lafayette chords by Lucinda Williams

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
G+G
Oh my sweet Lafayette, how I'm gonna miss you
      C majorC        G+G
You feel so good Lafayette, now I've come to greet you
D MajorD
Tell all my friends I've come back again
C majorC        G+G
I couldn't stay away, I was gone only a day
        C majorC          G+G
But I'm comin' back to my sweet Lafayette

Verse 2:
     G+G
I'm goin' down to Lafayette, I don't care how long I'm gone
        C majorC           G+G
It's so hard to leave you, Lafayette, now I know where I belong
     D MajorD
When that sweet fiddle sounds and Clifton gets down
   C majorC            G+G
That music sounds so good to me, I just might dance until three
        C majorC          G+G
And I gotta get back to my sweet Lafayette


Fiddle solo

Verse 3:
G+G
Oh, those boys in Lafayette, smilin' so pretty
      C majorC         G+G
Those sweet boys in Lafayette, they sure do look good to me
   D MajorD
We danced all night long to a sweet Cajun song
   C majorC           G+G
Drinkin' and jivin' 'til dawn, I could dance on and on
      C majorC           G+G
Doin' a two-step in my sweet Lafayette

Verse 4:
G+G
Take me back Lafayette, way down on the bayou
      C majorC        G+G
I'm your girl, Lafayette, I'm gonna hang around you
     D MajorD
Eat that gumbo and rollin' and tumble
  C majorC            G+G
And do crazy things every night, soon I'll be feelin' alright
       C majorC          G+G
When I get back to my sweet Lafayette
       C majorC          G+G
When I get back to my sweet Lafayette