Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry Chords

[Cm] _ [Em] _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A]
[Bb] Now if you ever [Fm] been [C] down to New [B] Orleans, [Bb] then you can [Db] [Fm] understand just what I mean.
[Bbm] Now [Ab] all through the [Cm] week it's [C] quiet as a mouse, [Fm] but on [A] Saturday night they go from [Bb] house to house.
You don't [F] have to pay [C] the usual [B] admission [Bb] if you're a [Dbm] cook or a [Fm] waiter or a good musician.
So if you happen to [Ebm] be just passing by, stop [F] in at the [C] Saturday night fish fry.
[F] It was [Bbm] rocking, _ it was [Cm] rocking, [G] _ [Bb]
you never [Ab] seen Seth [Eb] Scufflin and Shelf until [F] the break of dawn.
[Bbm] _ [Bb]
It was [Bbm] rocking, _ it was rocking, _ you [Cm] never seen Seth Scufflin and Shelf until the break [Bb] of dawn. _ _
Now my buddy [Db] and me [C] was on the [Eb] main stem, [Db] fooling around [Cm] just me and him.
[Bb] We decided we could [Cm] use a little [Gb] something to eat, [F] so we went to a house on Rampart Street.
We [Abm] knocked on the [C] door and it opened [B] with ease, and a [Dbm] lush little [Cm] miss said, [B] come in [Bb] please.
[Ab] And before we could even [C] bat an eye, [A] we were right in the middle of a big fish [Bb] fry.
It was [Cm] rocking, [Bbm] _ [Bbm] it was rocking, _
[Bb] you never [A] seen Seth [Cm] Scufflin and Shelf until the break of [Cm] dawn.
[Bbm] _
[Bb] It [Bbm] was rocking, _ it was rocking, _ you [Cm] never seen Seth Scufflin and Shelf until the break [Bb] of dawn. _
Now the folks [Gb] was having [C] the time [B] of their life, [Bb] and [Dbm] Sam was [Cm] jiving Jimmy's wife.
[Bb] And over [Ab] in the corner [Eb] was a beat [C] up grand [Db] being played by a big fat piano [Bb] man.
Now some [Db] of the chicks [C] wore [Eb] expensive frocks, [Bb] [Dbm] some of them [Cm] had on [Eb] bobby socks.
[Bb] But [Ab] everybody [Cm] was [C] nice and high [F] at this particular Saturday night [Bb] fish fry.
[Bbm] It was rocking, _ [Bbm] it was rocking, _ [Bb] [Fm] you never [Cm] seen Seth Scufflin and Shelf until the break of [Bbm] dawn.
_ [Bb] It was [Bbm] rocking, _ it was rocking, _ you [Cm] never seen Seth Scufflin and Shelf until the break of [Bb] dawn.
_ Now my buddy and [Db] me, we [C] fell right [B] in and [Gm] we [Dbm] hollered, let the [Cm] joy begin.
Now [Bb] we figured this [Ab] was a good [Cm] place to [F] play, cause the party was [Bb] already underway.
But all [F] of a sudden [C] the lights went [B] low, [Bb] and everybody [Db] made [F] straight for the [Gbm] front door.
[Bb] Man, I was so scared I [Eb] didn't know where to [C] go, [F] I stood right there, then [Gm] I fell on the floor.
It [G] was rocking, [Bbm] _ it was rocking, _ [Cm] [Bb] you [Cm] never seen Seth Scufflin and Shelf until the break [Fm] of dawn.
[Eb] _ It [Bbm] was rocking, _ it was rocking, you [Cm] never seen [Ab] Seth Scufflin [Eb] and Shelf until the break [F] of dawn.
[Bb] _ _ Now the women [Db] were screaming [C] and jumping [B] and yelling, [G] the bottles was flying [Cm] and the fish was [C] smelling.
[Bb] And way [Db] up above [Eb] all the noise they [Ebm] made somebody [F] hollered, better get out of [Bb] here this is a raid.
I didn't [Db] know we were [C] breaking the [Eb] law, but [Bb] somebody [Dbm] reached over and [Cm] hit me on the [Gb] jaw.
[Bb] They had us blocked off from [Cm] the front to the [C] back, and they [F] were putting them in the wagon like [Gm] potato sack.
It was [G] rocking, _ [Bb] it was [F] rocking, [Bbm] _ [Bb] you never [Ab] seen Seth Scufflin [Bb] and Shelf until the break of [Bbm] dawn.
[Cm] _ [Bb] It was [Bbm] rocking, _ it was rocking, _ you [Cm] never seen [Ab] Seth Scufflin [Eb] and Shelf until the break [Bb] of dawn.
_ I knew I could get [F] away if [C] I had [B] a chance, but [Bb] I was shaking [Dbm] like I had the [Cm] St.
[Bb] Bottle's Dance.
And I tried to [Cm] crawl under a bathtub [C] when [F] the policeman said, where [Bb] you going now, bug?
Now they got us [F] out of there [C] like a house [Gbm] of fire, [G] put us all in [F] that black Mirage.
[Bb] Now they might have missed [Cm] the pitiful [C] few, but [F] they got both me and my buddy too.
It [Eb] was rocking, [Bbm] _ it [Bb] was rocking, _ [Cm] [Bb] you [Cm] never seen Seth Scufflin and Shelf until the break [Dm] of dawn.
[Bb] _ [Cm] [Bb] It [Bbm] was rocking, _ it was rocking, _ you [Cm] never seen Seth Scufflin and Shelf [F] until the break [Bb] of dawn.
_ We headed for [Db] jail [C] in the day's [Eb] condition, [Bb] they put [Dbm] each one of [Cm] us on [F] suspicion.
[Bb] Now my chick came down and [Eb] went for my [C] bail and [F] finally got me out of that rotten jail.
Now if you ever want to [C] get a fist in [Eb] your eye, [Bb] just mention [G] a Saturday [F] Night Fish Fry.
[Bb] I don't care how many [Cm] fish in the [C] sea, but [Bbm] don't ever mention a fish to me.
It [Cm] was rocking, [Bbm] _ it [Bb] was rocking, _ [Bb] [A] you never seen [Ab] Seth Scufflin [Gm] and Shelf until [F] the break of dawn.
[Bb] _ [Bb] It [Bbm] was rocking, _ it was rocking, _ you [Cm] never seen Seth Scufflin and Shelf until the break [Bb] of dawn.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _
[B] _ [Bb] Give me one of them damn fish sandwiches.
Get away from there, boy. _