[Strophe]
  D 
I feel so bad I've got a worried mind, 
A7 
I'm so lonesome all the time; 
                               D 
since I left my baby behind on blue bayou  
D                             A7 
Saving nickels, saving dimes, working till the sun don't shine 
                                     D 
Looking forward to happier times, on blue bayou
[Refrain]
          D                                A7 
I'm going back some day, come what may, to blue bayou 
                                                  D 
Where you sleep all day, and the catfish play, on blue bayou 
          D7                                         G           Gm 
All those fishing boats, with their sails afloat, if I could only see 
     D                         A7               D 
That familiar sunrise, through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be
[Strophe]
D 
Go to see my baby again, 
A7 
and to be with some of my friends 
                            D 
Maybe I'd be happy then, on blue bayou
[Refrain]
          D                             A7 
I'm going back some day, gonna stay, on blue bayou 
                                                    D 
Where the folks are fine, and the world is mine, on blue bayou 
         D7                            G                          Gm 
Oh, that girl of mine, by my side, the silver moon and the evening tide 
    D                     A7              D 
Oh, some sweet day, gonna take away, this hurting inside
[Outro]
     A7                                     Em   A7  D 
I'll never be blue, my dreams come true, on blue bayou  
D