Bayou Baby Chords

KeyG# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays636

Bayou Baby by Aaron Tippin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G#
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16
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Intro: (G)  
 
I wanna be (G) loved by you (C) bayou (G) baby 
Nobody else but you bayou (D) baby 
I (G) searched this world from end to end 
I (C) finally found where I should've always been 
(G) Right by you (D) bayou (G) baby 
 
I (G) followed the wind from town to town 
(D) Never had a mind of (G) settling down 
Falling in love just wasn't my style 
But (A) that was before I (D) saw your smile 
 
I wanna be (G) loved by you (C) bayou (G) baby 
Nobody else but you bayou (D) baby 
I (G) searched this world from end to end 
I (C) finally found where I should've always been 
(G) Right by you (D) bayou (G) baby 
 
Gonna (G) make my mark stake my claim 
(D) Live right here til my (G) dying day 
Close as I can to wherever you are 
(A) Til the day comes I (D) win your heart 
 
I wanna be (G) loved by you (C) bayou (G) baby 
Nobody else but you bayou (D) baby 
I (G) searched this world from end to end 
I (C) finally found where I should've always been 
(G) Right by you (D) bayou (G) baby 
 
Key Change 
 
I wanna be (A) loved by you (D) bayou (No Chord) baby 
Nobody else but you bayou (E) baby 
I (A) searched this world from end to end 
I (D) finally found where I should've always been 
(A) Right by you (E) bayou (A) baby 
 
Yeah, I wanna be (A) loved by you (D) bayou (A) baby 
Nobody else but you bayou baby 
I (A) searched this world from end to end 
I (D) finally found where I should've always been 
(A) Right by you (E) bayou (A) baby 
 
Right up ag(E)ainst you girl 
Bayou (A) baby 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante