Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry Chords

_ [E] _ _ [Db] _ [Gbm] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[B] _ If ever [D] then [Db] time it knew our [C] needs, [B] then you [D] can understand [Db] just what [C] I mean.
[B] Now all through the week, night to night, Saturday night, we went from [B] house to house.
You [D] don't have to [Db] pay any huge [C] admission [B] if you're to [D] book a car.
[Db] _ [C] [B] So if you have to [Abm] leave, just say [B] goodbye.
[E] Summer to [Abm] Saturday night, we'd try.
It was a rocket.
_ It was a rocket.
_ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, [Abm] sharp as held a brick or a dollar.
_ [E] It was a rocket.
[Ab] _ [Abm] It was a rocket.
_ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, sharp as held a brick or a dollar.
_ [B] Now my [D] buddy and [Db] me was [C] on the main [B] stem.
[D] Movin' [Db] round, just [Gb] me and [B] him.
We thought we could [Ab] use a little something to [B] eat.
So we stopped at a house on Rampart Street.
[D] We knocked on [Db] the door and it [C] opened with an [B] easy [D] _
[Db] _ [C] _ [B] case.
[Abm] _ [G] [Abm] It was right in the middle of a big fish fry.
It was a rocket.
_ It was a rocket.
_ You'd [E] never seen such [Gbm] confidence, [Eb] sharp as held [B] a brick or a dollar.
_ [E] It was a rocket.
[Ab] _ [Abm] It was a rocket.
_ [Bm] [Eb] You'd never [E] seen such confidence, sharp as held [Eb] a brick or [Gb] a [E] dollar.
[D] [B] Now the [D] folks were [Db] rockin'.
_ [Bm] _ _
[Db] Jim, his [C] wife, [B] over in [Abm] the corner was [G] a beat-up [B] grand.
He was played [E] by a big fat [B] piano man.
[D] Some of the chicks were [Db] expensive, [C] fracked.
[G] Some of them had on [Bbm] bobby [B] socks.
[Abm] But everybody was nice and [B] high and particular [E] and saddled in nice fish fry.
It [Abm] was a rocket.
_ It was a rocket.
_ You'd never seen [E] such confidence, sharp as [B] held a brick or a dollar.
_ [E] It was a rocket.
[Ab] _ It was a rocket.
[Abm] _ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, sharp as held [B] a brick or a [Abm] dollar.
[B] And now [D] my buddy and [Db] me, we [C] fell right in.
[B] _ [Bm]
[Db] Let the joy [B] begin.
We figured this [E] was a good [G] place to [B] play.
Everybody _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [B] _ [D]
[Db] lay straight for the front [B] door.
I didn't know where I was going to go, so I [E] stood right [Abm] there and I fell on the floor.
It was a rocket.
_ It was a rocket.
_ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, [Abm] sharp as held a brick or a dollar.
_ It was [E] a rocket.
_ [Abm] It was a rocket.
_ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, sharp as held a brick or [B] a dollar.
_ Now the [D] women were [Db] jumpin' and [C] screamin' and [B] yellin'.
The [D] bottles of [Db] fish [B] were smellin'.
And [Em] way up [Db] above all the noise they made, [B] somebody said,
[E] Better get out of here, this is a [B] raid.
[Bm] I didn't [Db] know, but the brick [C] and the lock [Bm] _
[Db] hooked [C] me on the [B] jaw.
They had us locked [E] [G] in the back [B] and they were [E] puttin' us in the [B] wagon like we were her [Abm] side.
It was a rocket.
_ It was a rocket.
_ [E] You'd never seen such confidence, [Eb] sharp as held a [B] brick or a dollar.
_ [E] It was a rocket.
_ [Abm] It was a rocket.
_ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, sharp as held a brick or a dollar.
_ I knew that [D] I could get [Db] away if I had [C] a chance.
[B] _ [Bm]
[Db] But the plan's fire was [B] dead.
[A] [Abm] We were all under [G] a bathtub.
[B] The police were sent.
Caught up under that bub.
[D] They took us [Db] all out of that [C] house of [B] mine and [D] put us all [Db] in a block of [B] rocks.
Divided us.
[Abm] _ [G] _ [B] _ [E]
My buddy too.
It was [Abm] a rocket.
_ It was a rocket.
_ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, sharp as held a [B] brick or a dollar.
_ It was [E] a rocket.
_ [Abm] It was a rocket.
_ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, sharp as held a brick or [Abm] a dollar.
[B] Then they [D] took us to [Db] jail under the [C] day's [B] condition.
The [D] folks beat you.
[Db] _ [B] My [A] chick came [Abm] down with my [B] bail and finally [E] got me [B] out of that rotten jail.
[D] Now if you ever [Db] want to get a [C] piece of your [B] eye,
[D] just mention [Db] a Saturday [B] night fish fry.
I [A] don't care [E] how many [G] fish you see,
[B] but [G] don't you ever mention fish to me.
It was [Abm] a rocket.
_ It was a rocket.
_ You'd [E] never seen such confidence, sharp as held [B] a brick or a dollar.
_ It was a rocket.
[D] _ [Abm] It was a rocket.
_ You'd never [E] seen such confidence, [Abm] sharp as held a brick or a dollar.
_ _ [E] _ [Db] _ [Gbm] _ [Dbm] _ _ [Bbm] _
[B] _ _ _ _ Get away from there, boy. _