Jambalya (On the Bayou) guitar tabs
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Melody
This is a great simplified melody for Jambalaya. The lyrics are included in the tab. Learn them! It will help you memorize the song and internalize the melody in an instinctual way. Try to play the melody notes and sing, or speak the words at the same time. There are a few sixteenth notes which will require some alternate picking. If you need to, use the tempo slider to adjust to needs. You can also use the difficulty slider to make it easier and dial out some of those sixteenth notes.
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Hank Williams Style
This arrangement is based on the way Hank Williams would sing. The rhythmic syncopation is much more complex than the more basic melody version. There are more fretted notes being used. This is so slides in and out of notes can be used to emulate stylistic vocal subtleties .
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More about Jambalya (On the Bayou)
A country classic written by the one and only Hank Williams.
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Jambalya (On the Bayou) lyrics
Goodbye, Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh He gotta go-pole the pirogue go down the Bayou His Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou Thibodaux, Fontaineaux the place is buzzin' A kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen Dressed in style, the go hog wil...llet gumbo For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my cher au mi-oh Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou Settle down far from town get him a pirogue And he'll catch all the fish in the Bayou Swap his mom to buy Yvonne what she need-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my cher au mi-oh Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my cher au mi-oh Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo (hee-haw) For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my cher au mi-oh Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my cher au mi-oh Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou