Born On The Bayou Chords by Little Richard

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_ _ When I was a little boy, I'd get up every [A] morning with the sun.
_ [F] And as soon as that sun hit me in the face, I'd know it was some kind of calling for me to get up.
[D] I grew up in a place that [Am] was happy, [Fm] and although it looked like we didn't [F] have much,
we had a lot of love for each other, and it was happy just to be there.
Well, while sitting around one day, something told me to [A] take some of that happiness and [F] excitement out into the world.
Something told me if you could take that message, that spirit you feel inside,
that love and happiness to people, they'll make you feel like a king.
I answered that call.
I became the king!
For most people, that would have been more than enough.
But for me, it was only the beginning.
I had another calling, to spread love to the world.
So I left my throne to walk hand in hand with my people,
to let them feel the kind of love that the world needed to have.
While I was spreading that love, others came to [Fm] claim my [B] title, my [F] people, and my throne.
And that's when I heard that call again.
It said, King, go back!
Now people always ask me, Richard, how come you've changed your mind so much?
How come you do so many different things?
And I tell them, all my life I've done the same [Eb] thing.
Spread love and [F] happiness, and the kind of [Fm] excitement that shakes the [Bb] world.
And no matter what way [F] or how I'm called on to do it, I must answer that call.
Just like when I was a little boy, [Fm] and I answered that call of the morning song,
I'm on [C] the fire. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ Now when I was just a little boy, standing to my daddy's [Ab] knees,
[Bb] _ [F] my papa [C] said, son, don't let the man get you, and do what he's done to me.
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ [C] But I can remember [F] the cold of July, _ I'm running through the backwoods,
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] [F] and I can still hear Donald Hines [Cm] walking, chasing down a hoodoo bear.
[Ab] [Bb] Dying on [F] the fire.
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_ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wish I was back _ _ _ home, rolling with some plays and [Bb] dreams.
[F] I wish I was on a fast train, _ rolling down the New Orleans.
_ [Ab] [Bb] Dying [F] on the fire.
_ _ _ Dying on the fire. _
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_ _ _ [E] _ [F] Now I'm falling back down home, [Cm] _ to take all the
_ [F] _ _ [C] Now I can still hear [Fm] all my friends say
_ Everybody wants to know, now God [Bb] is [F] gonna tell [Eb] them all
[F] Now God is gonna tell them all
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