Saturday Night Fish Fry Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Now[Ebdim] if you[B][F#m][Bm][A][Em]
[A]haven't been [Am]down to New [B]Orleans
[Bb]You can unders[C]tand just [B]what I mean
[Bb]All [A]through the week
it's [D]quiet as a [Ebdim]mouse
But on [B]Saturday night
[F#]they go from [Bm]house to [D]house
You [Am]don't have to pay
the usu[B]al admission
[Bb]If you're a [D]cook or a [Am]waiter
or a [B]good musician
[A]If you had to [D]pass by
[Ebdim]Stop ping[D] at the Saturday night fish fry
It was rockin', [Am]it w[D]as rocki[A]n'
[Em]You never seen[D] such scuffin'
and shovin' till the break [A]of dawn
It was [D]rockin', it was [C]rockin'[A]
You never [D]seen such scuffin'
and shovin' till the break
[Bbdim]of dawn[Gdim][B]
[Bb]Now my b[A]rothers and [D]me was
on [B]the main stem
[Bm]Messin' [D]around, just me an[B]d them
[Bm]We dec[A]ided we could use
a little [D]somethin' to eat
[Ebdim]So we went t[Em]o the tie, n[Bm]aturally
[Bb]We k[Am]nocked on the door
and [B]opened with [Bm]ease
A [Am]lurchin' little miss said, [B]come in please
[Bm]Before[D] we could bat an eye
We were [A]right in the middle of a [D]big fish fry
It was rockin'
[Am]It was r[C]ockin'[Em]
[C#dim]You never[Em] seen such [D]confidence
Up until the break [A]of dawn
[D]It was rockin'
It was [Em]rockin'
[A]You never [D]seen such confidence
And shoved him the brink of [A]death[C][B]
[Bm]Now the

[Verse 2]
[A]folks was [D]havin'
[B]the time of their life
[Bb]And

[Verse 3]
[A]Sam was [D]tryin'
to pull [B]Jimmy's [Bb]wife

[Verse 4]
And [A]over in [D]the corner was
a beat -up gram
[Ebdim]Being played

[Verse 5]
[B]by a [F#]big, fat pi[B]ano man
[D]Some

[Verse 6]
[A]of them chicks w[Am]ore
expens[B]ive frock[Bb]s

[Verse 7]
But [Am]some of them had on [B]Barbie sock[Bb]s

[Verse 8]
But [Am]everybody [D]was nice and high
[Ebdim]For this par

[Verse 9]
[D]ticular Sat[A]urday [D]night, fish fry

[Verse 10]
It was [D]rockin'

[Verse 11]
It was [A]rockin'[Em]

[Verse 12]
You'd never [D]seen such scuffin'
and shovin' to the break [A]of dawn
It was [D]rockin'
It was [A]rockin'
You'd never [D]seen such scuffin'
and shovin' to the break [Am]of dawn[C][B]
[Bb]So m[Am]e and the band,
[B]we fell right [Bm]in,
[D]we hollered, let the [Bm]joy begin
[Bb]We f[A]igured this was a
good place [D]to play,
[Ebdim]cause the par[B]ty was alr[F#m]eady un [B]derway
But [D]all of a sudden, the [B]lights went [Bb]low,
and [A]everybody [C]made straight
[B]for the front door
[A]I was so scared I
[D]didn't know where to go
I stood right [C]there and I fell on the [D]floor
I was rockin'
I was [A]rockin'[Em]
[A]You never [D]seen such scuffin'
and shufflin' to break [Em]a down[A]
The joint was [D]rockin' [Am]Reel
[D]in' and [A]rockin'
You never [D]seen such scuffin'
and shufflin' to break [C]a down[B]
[Bb]Now the [A]women were screami[Am]n'
and [B]jumpin' and yellin'
[Bb]The bott[D]les were flyin'[Am]
and the [B]fish were smellin'
[Bb]Way [A]up above all the n[D]oise they made
[Ebdim]So they h[A]ollered,
get out [D]of here, [B]this is a [Bm]raid
Well, [Am]I didn't know
I was [B]breaking the [Bb]law
But [Am]somebody reached [C]out
and [B]hit me on the jaw
They [D]had us bucked off
from the front [Ebdim]to the back
And they were [D]putting me in the wagon
like potato sacks
They were rockin' Captain [C]rockin'[A]
[Em]You [A]never seen[D] such confidential
to break [A]about
They was [D]rockin'
They was [C]rockin'[A]
You never [D]seen such scuffin'
and shuffin'
to break [C]them down[B]
[Bb]Now I [D]knew I could get a[C]way
if [B]I had a chance
[Em]But I was [A]shakin' [C]like I had
[B]some kind of dance
[D]I tried to crawl under the bathtub
[Ebdim]But the policeman said,
[F#m]where you goin' [B]there, bub?[Bm]
They [C]had us out of there
like [B]a house on [Bb]fire
They [Am]put us all [C]in the b[B]lack Mirai
They [A]might have missed a [D]pitiful few
But they [C]got both me and [D]the band too
It was rockin'
It was [A]rockin' It
[Em]You never [D]seen such scuffin'
and suvin'
till the break of dawn
[A]It was[C] roc[D]kin', it was roc[C]kin'[Em]
[A]You never [D]seen such scuffin'
and suvin' till the break [C]of dawn
[B]We [Bb]all heade[Am]d for [C]jail in
a [B]day's condi[Bb]tion
They [Am]booked each [C]one of us [D]on suspicion
[Bb]My w[A]ife came down and we[D]nt my ba[Ebdim]il
And got me [F#m]out of that ro[Bm]tten jail
Now [D]if you ever want to get
[B]fish [Bm]in your eye
Men[D]tion a [C]Saturday night [B]fish fry
[Bbaug]I don't c[A]are how
many [D]fish in the [Ebdim]sea
But [A]don't ever mention [D]fish to me
It was rockin'
It was [Am]rockin'
[A]You[Em] never se[A]en suc[D]h governance
until the break of [A]dawn
It was [D]rockin'
[Am]It w[C]as r[A]ockin'
You never [D]seen such governance
until the break of [A]dawn[Eb][Ebdim]
[D][Am][C][D][A][D]
[A]
It was [D]rockin',
[Am]it w[D]as rock [Am]in'[D][A]
You'd never [D]seen such confidence
until the break of [A]dawn
[Ebdim][D][B][D]
[A]Well, [Em]kep [C]t on roc[D]kin'
till the break of [A]dawn
It was [Em]rock [D]in[Ebdim]',
[D]rea[B]min'[Ebdim] and rock[D]in'
[A]You[Em] neve[C]r seen suc[D]h stuffin'
and a -shufflin'
Till the break of [A]dawn
Let's get out of here,
fellas, we might [D]get [Ebdim]a[Em]
[F#m]Yow![B][D][E][A]

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