Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan Chords

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