Louisiana Saturday Night Chords

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Louisiana Saturday Night by Don Williams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 
                C                          G 
Waiting in the front yard sitting on a log, 
F                       C 
Single-shot rifle and a one-eyed dog 
                         G 
Yonder come the kinfolk, in the moonlight, 
F         G        C 
Louisiana Saturday night. 

C                                    G  
Hey you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow 
F                         C  
Kick off your shoes and throw em on the floor, 
                            G 
Dance in the kitchen till morning light, 
F         G        C  
Louisiana Saturday night. 

Verse 
C                       G 
My brother Bill and my other brother Jack, 
F                          C 
Belly full of beer and a possum in a sack, 
                      G 
Fifteen kids in the front porch light, 
F         G        C  
Louisiana Saturday night. 

C                                    G  
Hey you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow 
F                         C  
Kick off your shoes and throw em on the floor, 
                            G 
Dance in the kitchen till morning light, 
F         G        C  
Louisiana Saturday night. 

Verse 
C                             G 
When Kin folks leave and the kids get fed, 
F                        C 
Me and my woman, gonna sneak off to bed, 
                                  G 
We'll have a little fun when we turn out the light, 
F         G        C 
Louisiana Saturday night 

C                                    G  
Hey you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow 
F                         C  
Kick off your shoes and throw em on the floor, 
                            G 
Dance in the kitchen till morning light, 
F         G        C  
Louisiana Saturday night. 

C                                    G  
Hey you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow 
F                         C  
Kick off your shoes and throw em on the floor, 
                            G 
Dance in the kitchen till morning light, 
F         G        C  
Louisiana Saturday night. 
    	

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