Jumbayla Chords

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Jumbayla by Carpenters is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C                               G    
Good-bye Joe, he gotta go,  me  oh,   my oh. 
                      G7              C 
He gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou. 
                             G 
Here's Yvonne sweetest one, me  oh,  my  oh. 
                       G7          C 
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
  
 
C                                        G 
Feeble doe,  fountain  oh,  the place is buzzin' 
                      G7             C 
Kin folk come to see Yvonne  by  the dozen. 
                                                  G  
Dressed in style,  they go hog wild,  me  oh, my   oh 
                            G7           C 
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. 

C                                   G 
Jumbay la   crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo, 
                            G7        C 
For tonite I'm gonna see my me-cher a me-oh 
                                    G 
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh 
                            G7           C 
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
  
 
C                                       G 
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue, 
                        G7           C 
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou. 
                                    G 
Swap his mun  to by Yvonne what she need-oh, 
                          G7           C 
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
  
 
(Lead),   (Chorus)   (Chorus) 
  
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante