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Now, when I was just a little boy
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Standin' to my Daddy's knee
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My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you an'
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Do what he done to me"
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'Cause he'll get you
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'Cause he'll get you mama

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And I can remember the fourth of July
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Runnin' through the backwood, bare
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And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'
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Chasin' down a hoodoo there
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Chasin' down a hoodoo there

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Born on the bayou 
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Born on the bayou 
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Born on the bayou 

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Wish I was back on the bayou
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Rollin' with some Cajun queen
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Wishin' I were a fast freight train
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Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans

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Born on the bayou 
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Born on the bayou 
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Born on the bayou 

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And I can remember the fourth of July
E7*                 E         E7**  D A
Runnin' through the backwood, bare

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And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'
E7*            E      E7**  D A
Chasin' down a hoodoo there
E7*            E      E7**  D A
Chasin' down a hoodoo there

E7*         E E7** D A
Born on the bayou 
E7*         E E7** D A
Born on the bayou 
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Born on the bayou