Jambalaya Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays538

Jambalaya by Emmylou Harris is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A                                   E 
Goodbye, joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh. 
                                       A 
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou. 
A                                  E 
My yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh. 
                                        A 
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
A                                            E 
Well jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo 
E                                      A 
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio. 
A                                  E 
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo, 
                                        A 
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. 

A                                    E 
Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin', 
                                  A 
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen. 
A                                        E 
We dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh. 
                                        A 
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
A                                            E 
Well jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo 
E                                      A 
Cause tonight i'm gonna see my ma cher amio. 
A                                  E 
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo, 
                                        A 
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. 

A                                            E 
Well jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo 
E                                      A 
Cause tonight i'm gonna see my ma cher amio. 
A                                  E 
We dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh. 
                                        A 
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
    	

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