| E | F#m | B | F#m | B |
| B | E | |
| Everybody's | had a few |
| B | |
| Now they're talking about | who knows who |
| C#m | |
| I'm going back to the | Crescent City |
| A | B | |
| Where e | verything's still the | same |
| E | |
| This town has said what it | has to say |
| B | |
| Now I'm after that | back highway |
| C#m | A | B | |
| And the longest | bridge I've ever | crossed over Pontchart | rain |
| F#m | B | |
| Tu le ton | temps that's what we | say |
| F#m | B | |
| We used to | dance the night | away |
| F#m | B | |
| Me and my | sister me and my | brother |
| F#m | B | |
| We used to | walk down by the | river |
| E | |
| Mama lives in | Mandeville |
| B | |
| I can hardly w | ait until |
| C#m | A | B | |
| I can hear my | Zydeco and l | aissez le bon ton | roulet |
| E | |
| And take rides in | open cars |
| B | |
| My brother knows where the | best bars are |
| C#m | A | B | |
| Let's see how these | blues'll do in the | town where the good times | stay |
| F#m | B | |
| Tu le ton | temps that's what we | say |
| F#m | B | |
| We used to | dance the night | away |
| F#m | B | |
| Me and my | sister me and my | brother |
| F#m | B | |
| We used to | walk down by the | river |
| SOLO |
| F#m | B | |
| Tu le ton | temps that's what we | say |
| F#m | B | |
| We used to | dance the night | away |
| F#m | B | |
| Me and my | sister me and my | brother |
| F#m | B | E | |
| We used to | walk down by the | river |