C
I don't smoke I don't shoot smack
C
But I got a spicy monkey riding on my back
C
Don't eat beignets too much sugar and dough
[Chorus]
G F C
But I will play for gumbo
G F C
Yes I will play for gumbo
[Verse 2]
C
It started in my grandma's in her kitchen by the sea
C
She warned me when where she told me "son the first one's free"
C
It hit me like a rock or some Taekwondo
[Chorus]
G F C
Cause I will play for gumbo
G F C
Oh yeah I will play for gumbo
[Verse 3]
F
A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl
C
Good for the body, good for the soul
F
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex
G
You should never know when you're gonna get it next
C
At midnight in the Quarter or noon in Thibodaux
[Chorus]
G F C
I will play for gumbo
G F C
Yes, I will play for gumbo
[Verse 4]
C
I'm not talking quesadillas or a dozen Krispy Kremes
C
Or a pound of caviar that's a rich man's dream
C
No banana split or filet of pompano
[Chorus]
G F C
No, I will play for gumbo
G F C
Yeah, I will play for gumbo
[Solo on C scale or argeggio]
C
[Bridge]
F
A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl
C
Good for the body, good for the soul
F
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex
G
You should never know when you're gonna get it next
[Verse 5]
C
Maybe it's that sausage or those pretty pink shrimp
C
Or that popcorn rice that makes me blow up like a blimp
C
Maybe it's that voodoo from Marie Laveau
[Chorus]
G F C
But I will play for gumbo
G F C
Hey I will play for gumbo
[Verse 6]
C
Now the sauce boss makes his cookin' on the stage
C
Singing and a-picking for his nightly wage
C
Sweating and a frettin' from his head to his toe
[Chorus]
G F C
Playin' and swayin' with the gumbo
G F C
Prayin' and buffetin' with the gumbo
[Bridge]
F
A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl
C
Good for the body, good for the soul
F
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex
G
You should never know when you're gonna get it next
C
At midnight in the Quarter or noon in Thibodaux
[Chorus]
G F C
I will play for gumbo
G F C
I will play for gumbo
G F C
I will play for gumbo
G F C
I will play for gumbo
