These are Hey Friends chords by Ludo on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Verse 1]
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I figure they\'s sufficient
condensation \'cuz
it\'s drippy in the tent
Got all them lake folk
aflutter, put a post up
B
in the parish bulletin
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Bring a bib and bible,
it\'ll be a boil de revival
A
Yeah, them craw and draws\'ll
F#/A#
draw \'em, but the worship
is the purpose
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Butter got that oil make
B
the coil peel off better
when it get \'em.
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...kerosene, earplugs
my songbook
[Verse 2]
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Double up the hush puppy dose,
get the dogs in the crates
[The sky is a door,
you\'ve been given the sight]
Get the house aired out,
\'cuz my lovey-dovey\'s comin\'
B
home tonight
B
[Scrape off your knuckle
skin to keep yourself awake]
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In visions of blood,
rising up from out the mud,
I seen her glide up
A
From the shore to the porch,
F#/A#
some sorta porcelain dorsal fin,
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Lordy Lord, I made a bargain
B
with the stars, and now
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I\'m barking up the end.
sturdy wood chair
[no arms], yeah
[Chorus]
G A
Hey yeah, they gon go
C D#dim
One by one to the edge
of the water!
G A
Baby, when you get home
C D#dim
Gon need a towel sop up
all the butter!
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Hey friends, gather in
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[Verse]
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Ain\'t no sin to eat your fill,
jambalaya, fried okra,
plantains [The oils need time
to seep into the cortex]
Lord got just as many
thousand mouths as
B
thine holy names
[The air must be wet
if you wish it to rise]
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Set the tent bord du lac,
gonna sing and clap
A
When they eyes look
like grits,
F#/A#
I open up the backflap
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Drag \'em out the back sur
B
le lac to the backward-birth
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\'em past the pain.
It\'s like a baptism
[no, it\'s not], nah na-nah
[Chorus]
G A
Hey yeah, they gon go
C D#dim
One by one to the edge
of the water!
G A
Baby, when you get home
C D#dim
Gon need a towel sop up
all the butter!
G A
Let\'s dance! Let\'s dance!
C D#dim
Let\'s dance! Let\'s dance!
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Hey friends, gather in
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Hey my friends, this is it,
this is the end.
[Bridge]
D C
Her soul from the tide
G
Ripped back to life-
A# C D
One only need to tithe.
C
Her body from the slime:
G
So will she rise, but
A# G
First the price...
[Break]
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Chair weighted down
Where the gator don\'t breed
Wade up to the knee....
Set the chair weight it down
Where the gator don\'t breed
Wade up to the knee...
Chair weighted down
Wade up to the knee
Set the chair weighted down
Wade in up to the knee
Set the chair weighted down
Wade in up to the knee
I\'m bringin\' Bobby in first
Set him down, set him free
Walk \'em gentle to the chair
They cain\'t move, cain\'t see
Set \'em down in the chair
Cain\'t move, cain\'t see
Step back and let it happen
Cain\'t move, cain\'t see
Come risin\' up behind \'em
Like it gon take a drink
Goin\' up to the maw
Gon\' see my girl tonight
Get up in the maw
Gon\' see my girl tonight
Get up in there
See my girl tonight
Get up in there
See my lovey-dovey tonight...
Hey friends, this is it,
this is the end!
[Out Chorus]
G A
Hey yeah, they gon go
C D#dim
One by one to the edge
of the water!
G A
Baby, when you get home
C D#dim
Gon need a towel sop up
all the butter!
G A
Hey yeah, they done gone
C D#dim
One by one to the edge
of the water!
G A
Baby, now that you got home
C D#dim
Gon need a towel sop up
all the butter!
G
[Nah n-nah] Let\'s dance!
A
[Nah -nah] Let\'s dance!
C
[Nah n-nah] Let\'s dance!
D#dim
[Nah -nah] Let\'s dance!
G
[Nah n-nah] Let\'s dance!
A
[Nah n-nah] Let\'s dance!
C
[Nah n-nah] Let\'s dance!
D#dim
[Nah n-nah] Let\'s dance!
[Outro]
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