26

The Crawdad Song

Traditional
Key of G
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:G
GG/G/ G G G G/ G/ E D G G4
B d/ d/ d d d d/ d/ d d d A4
B d/ d/ d d d d/ d/ G2
B A G/ A B A G2 D2 B B2 B A1-A/ A G3-G/
Chorus:
G C G You get the line, I’ll get the pole, honey. G D7 You get the line, I’ll get the pole, babe. G G You get the line, I’ll get the pole, C C We’ll go fishin in the crawdad hole G D7 G Honey, babey, mine.
What did the hen duck say to the drake, honey? What did the hen duck say to the drake, babe? What did the hen duck say to the drake: Ain’t no crawdads in that lake! Honey, babey, mine.
[Chorus]
What’re we gonna do when the lake runs dry, honey? What’ll we do when the lake runs dry, babe? What’ll we do when the lake runs dry? I’m gonna sit and cry and cry Honey, babey, mine
[Chorus]