Chords for Johnny Cash & Bobby Gentry - On The Byou
Tempo:
109.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Bm
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Once again say hello to my Chickasaw County friend, Miss Bobby Gentry.
I'm glad you could come all the way up from Chickasaw County.
Thank you, my pleasure.
I'm glad to be here.
It's always nice to see you in Nashville.
Thank you.
Been all over Mississippi in the last few years since I started.
Yeah.
You've been in Chickasaw County, have you?
Yeah, Lake Houston.
[E] That's the county state.
I hear from Tupelo, all over the state.
Sure, have you been in the Delta?
In the Delta.
I lived in the Delta when I was going to school.
[Bm] That's where the Tallahatchie Bridge is and the Choctaw Ridge.
Yeah, I was raised in the cotton country just [B] across the river from [E] her.
You know I followed that big river down through Memphis, Natchez, Baton Rouge, [C] all the way to New Orleans.
Yeah, that's about as far south [A] as you can go.
[Bm]
[A] Goodbye, [Bm]
[A] oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[E] [A] And dream of tomorrow when [E] vision is true.
I'll fly over the [A] bayou to you.
[B]
[D#] I [E] travel from Texas [A] to old [E] Louisiana.
Through valleys or mountains and [B] plains.
[E] Both but sore and weary.
[A] I rested [E] a while [B] on the banks of the old [E] Poncher train.
And the prettiest girl I [A] think I ever saw.
[E]
Passed by just as it started to rain.
[B]
[E] And we both found a shelter [A] beneath the [E] same tree.
[B] On the banks of the old [E] Poncher train.
[A] The scissor tail runs [E] on a telephone pole.
When evening is old [A] and the bayou is [F#m] cold.
[A] And we ain't got a lot [E] of fishing to do.
Tomorrow I'll come back [A] to you.
Goodbye, oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[C#m] [A] And dream of tomorrow [E] when vision is true.
I'll fly over the [G#] bayou [A] to you.
[B]
[E] We hid from the shower [A] an hour [E] or so.
I asked him how [B] long he'd remain.
[F#m] [B] [E] He told me that he'd [A] spend the rest of [E] his days.
[B] On the banks of the old Poncher [E] train.
Oh, but I didn't tell her [A] that I ran [E] away.
From a jail on a West Texas [B] plain.
[E] And I prayed in my heart that [A] we would never be [E]
found.
[B] On the banks of the old [E] Poncher train.
[A] Goodbye, oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy [Bm] ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[C#m] [A] And dream of tomorrow [C#m] [E] when vision is true.
I'll fly over the bayou to [A] you.
[D] [G]
[A]
I'm glad you could come all the way up from Chickasaw County.
Thank you, my pleasure.
I'm glad to be here.
It's always nice to see you in Nashville.
Thank you.
Been all over Mississippi in the last few years since I started.
Yeah.
You've been in Chickasaw County, have you?
Yeah, Lake Houston.
[E] That's the county state.
I hear from Tupelo, all over the state.
Sure, have you been in the Delta?
In the Delta.
I lived in the Delta when I was going to school.
[Bm] That's where the Tallahatchie Bridge is and the Choctaw Ridge.
Yeah, I was raised in the cotton country just [B] across the river from [E] her.
You know I followed that big river down through Memphis, Natchez, Baton Rouge, [C] all the way to New Orleans.
Yeah, that's about as far south [A] as you can go.
[Bm]
[A] Goodbye, [Bm]
[A] oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[E] [A] And dream of tomorrow when [E] vision is true.
I'll fly over the [A] bayou to you.
[B]
[D#] I [E] travel from Texas [A] to old [E] Louisiana.
Through valleys or mountains and [B] plains.
[E] Both but sore and weary.
[A] I rested [E] a while [B] on the banks of the old [E] Poncher train.
And the prettiest girl I [A] think I ever saw.
[E]
Passed by just as it started to rain.
[B]
[E] And we both found a shelter [A] beneath the [E] same tree.
[B] On the banks of the old [E] Poncher train.
[A] The scissor tail runs [E] on a telephone pole.
When evening is old [A] and the bayou is [F#m] cold.
[A] And we ain't got a lot [E] of fishing to do.
Tomorrow I'll come back [A] to you.
Goodbye, oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[C#m] [A] And dream of tomorrow [E] when vision is true.
I'll fly over the [G#] bayou [A] to you.
[B]
[E] We hid from the shower [A] an hour [E] or so.
I asked him how [B] long he'd remain.
[F#m] [B] [E] He told me that he'd [A] spend the rest of [E] his days.
[B] On the banks of the old Poncher [E] train.
Oh, but I didn't tell her [A] that I ran [E] away.
From a jail on a West Texas [B] plain.
[E] And I prayed in my heart that [A] we would never be [E]
found.
[B] On the banks of the old [E] Poncher train.
[A] Goodbye, oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy [Bm] ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[C#m] [A] And dream of tomorrow [C#m] [E] when vision is true.
I'll fly over the bayou to [A] you.
[D] [G]
[A]
Key:
E
A
B
Bm
C#m
E
A
B
_ Once again say hello to my Chickasaw County friend, Miss Bobby Gentry. _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I'm glad you could come all the way up from Chickasaw County.
Thank you, my pleasure.
I'm glad to be here.
It's always nice to see you in Nashville.
Thank you.
Been all over Mississippi in the last few years since I started.
Yeah.
You've been in Chickasaw County, have you?
Yeah, Lake Houston.
[E] That's the county state.
I hear from Tupelo, all over the state.
Sure, have you been in the Delta?
In the Delta.
I lived in the Delta when I was going to school.
[Bm] That's where the Tallahatchie Bridge is and the Choctaw Ridge.
Yeah, I was raised in the cotton country just [B] across the river from [E] her.
You know I followed that big river down through Memphis, Natchez, Baton Rouge, [C] all the way to New Orleans.
Yeah, that's about as far south [A] as you can go.
_ [Bm] _ _
[A] Goodbye, _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[E] [A] And dream of tomorrow when [E] vision is true.
I'll fly over the [A] bayou to you.
_ [B] _
[D#] I [E] travel from Texas [A] to old [E] Louisiana.
_ Through valleys or mountains and [B] plains. _ _
_ [E] Both but sore and weary.
[A] I rested [E] a while [B] on the banks of the old [E] Poncher train. _ _
_ And the prettiest girl _ I [A] think I ever saw.
[E] _
_ _ _ Passed by just as it started to rain.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] And we both found a shelter _ [A] beneath the [E] same tree.
[B] On the banks of the old [E] Poncher train. _ _
_ [A] The scissor tail runs [E] on a telephone pole.
When evening is old [A] and the bayou is [F#m] cold.
[A] _ And we ain't got a lot [E] of fishing to do.
_ Tomorrow I'll come back [A] to you. _
_ _ Goodbye, oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[C#m] [A] And dream of tomorrow [E] when vision is true.
I'll fly over the [G#] bayou [A] to you.
[B] _
_ _ [E] We hid from the shower [A] an hour [E] or so.
_ I asked him how [B] long he'd remain. _
[F#m] _ [B] [E] He told me that he'd [A] spend the rest of [E] his days.
[B] On the banks of the old Poncher [E] train. _ _
_ Oh, but I didn't tell her [A] that I ran [E] away.
_ From a jail on a West Texas [B] plain. _ _
_ [E] And I prayed in my heart that [A] we would never be [E]
found.
[B] On the banks of the old [E] Poncher train. _ _
_ _ [A] Goodbye, oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy [Bm] ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[C#m] [A] And dream of tomorrow [C#m] [E] when vision is true.
I'll fly over the _ bayou to [A] _ you. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I'm glad you could come all the way up from Chickasaw County.
Thank you, my pleasure.
I'm glad to be here.
It's always nice to see you in Nashville.
Thank you.
Been all over Mississippi in the last few years since I started.
Yeah.
You've been in Chickasaw County, have you?
Yeah, Lake Houston.
[E] That's the county state.
I hear from Tupelo, all over the state.
Sure, have you been in the Delta?
In the Delta.
I lived in the Delta when I was going to school.
[Bm] That's where the Tallahatchie Bridge is and the Choctaw Ridge.
Yeah, I was raised in the cotton country just [B] across the river from [E] her.
You know I followed that big river down through Memphis, Natchez, Baton Rouge, [C] all the way to New Orleans.
Yeah, that's about as far south [A] as you can go.
_ [Bm] _ _
[A] Goodbye, _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[E] [A] And dream of tomorrow when [E] vision is true.
I'll fly over the [A] bayou to you.
_ [B] _
[D#] I [E] travel from Texas [A] to old [E] Louisiana.
_ Through valleys or mountains and [B] plains. _ _
_ [E] Both but sore and weary.
[A] I rested [E] a while [B] on the banks of the old [E] Poncher train. _ _
_ And the prettiest girl _ I [A] think I ever saw.
[E] _
_ _ _ Passed by just as it started to rain.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] And we both found a shelter _ [A] beneath the [E] same tree.
[B] On the banks of the old [E] Poncher train. _ _
_ [A] The scissor tail runs [E] on a telephone pole.
When evening is old [A] and the bayou is [F#m] cold.
[A] _ And we ain't got a lot [E] of fishing to do.
_ Tomorrow I'll come back [A] to you. _
_ _ Goodbye, oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[C#m] [A] And dream of tomorrow [E] when vision is true.
I'll fly over the [G#] bayou [A] to you.
[B] _
_ _ [E] We hid from the shower [A] an hour [E] or so.
_ I asked him how [B] long he'd remain. _
[F#m] _ [B] [E] He told me that he'd [A] spend the rest of [E] his days.
[B] On the banks of the old Poncher [E] train. _ _
_ Oh, but I didn't tell her [A] that I ran [E] away.
_ From a jail on a West Texas [B] plain. _ _
_ [E] And I prayed in my heart that [A] we would never be [E]
found.
[B] On the banks of the old [E] Poncher train. _ _
_ _ [A] Goodbye, oh my baby, [E] on the bayou tonight.
To the Katy [Bm] ditch, Sarah Mae, [A] I'm a sheer old sleep tight.
[C#m] [A] And dream of tomorrow [C#m] [E] when vision is true.
I'll fly over the _ bayou to [A] _ you. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _