Louie Louie   (1963)     (video)    (midi)

 

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Louie Louie, oh no, we gotta go,

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yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah !

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Louie Louie, oh, baby, we gotta go !

 

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1. A fine little girl waits for me, me catch a ship across the sea,

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    me sail that ship about, all alone, me never know how I make it home.

 

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Ah, Louie, Louie, no, no, no, no, me gotta go,      oh, no !

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Said, Louie, Louie, oh, baby, said, we gotta go.

 

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2. Three nights and days I sail the sea, think of girl, oh, constantly,

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    on that ship I dream she there, I smell the rose, ah, in her hair.

 

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Louie Louie, oh no, we gotta go,

   E                         D

yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah !

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Louie Louie, oh, baby, we gotta go !

 

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+  Okay, let‘s give it to them right now !

 

+  A - D - E - D (4x)    +  A - D - E - D (4x)   +  A - D - E - D (4x)

 

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3. Me see Jamaica, the moon above, it won‘t be long, me see me love,

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    take her in my arms again, I got her, I‘ll never leave again.

 

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Louie Louie, oh no, we gotta go,     

   E                         D

yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah !

    A          D    E   D        A                  - D - E - D

Louie Louie, oh, baby, we gotta go !

 

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+  I said we gotta go now !

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    Let's get on outta here !

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    Let’s go !

 

 

(orig.=no capo; midi=no capo in C    (The Kingsmen)