Blue Bayou - 1961 Roy Orbison and Joe Melson 4/4 C / C / G7 / I feel so bad I got a worried mind. I'm so lonesome all the time. / / C / / / Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou. Savin’ nickels savin’ G7 / / / dimes, working ‘til the sun don't shine. Looking forward to happier C / times on Blue Bayou. Strum C / G7 Chorus: I'm going back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou. / / / C / Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou where C7 / F Fm6 those fishing boats with their sails afloat, if I could only see that C G7 C / familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be. Pick C / G7 / Gonna see my baby again. Gonna be with some of my friends. / / C / C / Maybe I’ll feel better again on Blue Bayou. Savin’ nickels savin’ G7 / / / dimes, working ‘til the sun don't shine. Looking forward to happier C / times on Blue Bayou. Blue Bayou (cont.) Strum C / G7 Chorus: I'm going back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou. / / / C / Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou where C7 / F Fm6 those fishing boats with their sails afloat, if I could only see that C G7 C / familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be. C7 / F Fm6 Oh, that girl (boy) of mine by my side, the silver moon and the evening C G7 C / tide. Oh, some sweet day gonna take away this hurtin’ inside. G7 / / / / C I'll never be blue, my dreams come true on Blue Ba-you. Strings played 3 2 4 3 2 4 C – 0 0 0 G7 – 0 32 21 Recorded by Roy Orbison, Lynn Anderson, Linda Ronstadt (1977), LeAnn Rimes (1996) Blue Bayou was a quiet bayou in Louisiana. It was the location of many shacks as well as a mysterious passae that leads to Dead Man’s Cove 9/21/2019 .