G D7 G
Down by the levee where the riverboats go
D7 G
Lived a Louisiana farmer by the name of Papa Dabro
C
Papa had a daughter with a beautiful smile
G
Everybody called her Sweet Chile
C G
Sweet Chile Sweet Chile
D7
Sweet Chile's going on seventeen
G
Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen
C G
Sweet Chile Sweet Chile
D7
She's much sweeter than sugar cane
G
Sweet Chile's putting on curves and things
D7 G
Papa took Sweet Chile into town
D7 G
Just to buy her a graduation gown
C
This fellow said everybody look at this
G
The way that Sweet Chile fills that dress
C G
Sweet Chile living on the bayou Sweet Chile living on the bayou
D7
Sweet Chile's going on seventeen
G
Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen
C G
Sweet Chile living on the bayou Sweet Chile living on the bayou
D7
She's much sweeter than cherry pie
G
Sweet Chile's getting to be courting size
D7 G
Down by the river where the sugar cane grows
D7 G
Sweet Chile wearing brand new clothes
C
She's got curves that just won't stop
G
She's bigger at the little and bottom at the top
C G
Sweet Chile Sweet Chile
D7
Sweet Chile's going on seventeen
G
Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen
C G
Sweet Chile Sweet Chile
D7
She's much sweeter than sugar cane
G
Sweet Chile's putting on curves and things
D7 G
Down by the levee where the riverboats go
D7 G
Kids all dance to rock-n-roll
C
Sweet Chile's rocking till the break of day
G
I never saw anybody wiggle that way
C G
Sweet Chile living on the bayou Sweet Chile living on the bayou
D7
Sweet Chile's going on seventeen
G
Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen
C G
Sweet Chile living on the bayou Sweet Chile living on the bayou
D7
She's much sweeter than cherry pie
G
Sweet Chile's getting to be courting size