D > C# > B > Bb Bb > A > G C A E Hey Hey-a Bayou Lena Ain't she a beautiful girl C'mon take it up to New Orleans And drink a bottle of cheap red wine Well, she walked in to the room wearing a gator skin suit Barfly's slack jaws droppin' to the floor With the grease on her fingers and lipstick on her toes When the lights turned red, she began to take it off A E She dances in the corner makin' minimum wage A B Back home with seven hungry mouths to feed C E Hey Hey-a Bayou Lena Ain't she a beautiful girl C'mon and take it up to New Orleans And drink a bottle of cheap red wine She likes to shimmy in the shadows 'til the brink of day Cockfight pretty woman that I love With a pissed off disposition and a shit eatin' grin With a smile on her face she looks you in the eye A E Dangling in the corner makin' minimum wage A B Back home with seven hungry mouths to feed C E Hey-a Bayou Lena Ain't she a beautiful girl C'mon and take it up to New Orleans And drink a bottle of cheap red wine solo over E (8 measures) D > A > E (x3) D > C# > B > Bb Bb > A > G C A E G Well now, there's blood sittin' on the barstool You know she's looking for Ms. Lana Lee Yeah, spinnin' wheel spinnin' on the liquor machine F C G Sayin' what goes up, must come down E With this little southern show in a gator skin suit Jailbird vagrants stompin' to the floor Mixin' drinks with muddy water and kitchen cigarettes At the night of joy, what a night of joy A E Dances in the corner makin' minimum wage A B Back home with seven hungry mouths to feed C E Hey-a Bayou Lena Ain't she a beautiful girl C'mon take it up to New Orleans Let's drink a bottle of cheap red wine C E Hey-a Bayou Lena Ain't she a beautiful girl C'mon take it up to New Orleans Let's drink a bottle of cheap red wine C E Hey Bayou Lena Ain't it a beautiful world It's still a beautiful world It's still a beautiful world D > A > E (x3) D > C# > B > Bb Bb > A > G C A E