Louisiana Saturday Night Chords

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Louisiana Saturday Night by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			N/C 
Well you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow, 
 
Kick off your shoes and you throw 'em on the floor. 
 
Dance in the kitchen 'til the mornin' light, 
 
Louisiana Saturday night. 
 
 
  
D                          A 
Waitin' in the front yard, sittin' on a log, 
  G                       D 
A single-shot rifle and a one-eyed dog. 
                           A 
Got me a couple of kinfolk in the moonlight, 
G         A        D 
Louisiana Saturday night. 
 
 
 
      D                        A                      
Woah, get down the fiddle now, get down the bow, 
G                           D 
Kick off your shoes and you throw 'em on the floor. 
                              A 
Dance in the kitchen 'til the mornin' light, 
G         A        D   
Louisiana Saturday night. 
 
 
 
D  A  G  D  A  G  A  D 
INSTRUMENTAL 
 
 
 
D                   A 
My brother Bill and other brother Jack, 
G                        D 
Belly full of beer and a possum in his sack. 
                    A 
Fifteen kids in the front porch light, 
G         A        D 
Louisiana Saturday night. 
 
  
 
         D                     A 
When the kinfolk leave and the kids get fed, 
G                     D 
Me and my women gonna slip off to bed. 
                          A 
Have a little fun when we turn out the light, 
G         A        D 
Louisiana Saturday night. 
 
 
 
      N/C                                          
Woah, get down the fiddle now, get down the bow, 
 
Kick off your shoes and you throw 'em on the floor. 
                               
Dance in the kitchen 'til the mornin' light, 
 
Louisiana Saturday night. 
      D                        A                      
Woah, get down the fiddle now, get down the bow, 
G                           D 
Kick off your shoes and you throw 'em on the floor. 
                              A 
Dance in the kitchen 'til the mornin' light, 
G         A        D   
Louisiana Saturday night. 
 
 
 
D  A  G  D  A  G  A  D 
INSTRUMENTAL 
 
 
 
      D                        A                      
Yeah, get down the fiddle now, get down the bow, 
G                           D 
Kick off your shoes and you throw 'em on the floor. 
                              A 
Dance in the kitchen 'til the mornin' light, 
G         A        D   
Louisiana Saturday night. 
 
 
 
D  A  G  D  A  G  A  D  A  G  D  (fade out) 
INSTRUMENTAL 
    	

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