Louie Louie Chords

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Difficulty:	absolute beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author Kraziekhat [pro] 64,755.

3 contributors total, last edit on May 18, 2018

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Louie Louie (Lou-i, Lou-i):The Kingsmen.
#2 in 1963.
 
 
[Intro]
 
A            D   Em D   A            D           Em
Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh no, we gotta go..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
      D
yeah, yeah.
        A            D   Em D     A           D Em D
I said, Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh baby, we gotta go.
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
  A           D    Em        D
A Fine little girl waits for me..
A       D     Em        D
catch a ship across the sea.
   A         D     Em         D
Me sail that ship about, all alone..
   A     D         Em      D
me never know if I make it home.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
A            D   Em D   A            D           Em
Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh no, we gotta go..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
      D
yeah, yeah.
        A            D   Em D     A           D Em D
I said, Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh baby, we gotta go.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
      A          D      Em       D
Three nights and days I sail the sea..
  A        D         Em        D
I think of girl, oh, constant..ly.
A       D       Em        D
On that ship, I dream she there..
  A           D     Em     D
I smell those roses in her hair.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
A            D   Em D   A            D           Em
Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh no, we gotta go..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
      D
yeah, yeah.
        A            D   Em D     A           D Em D
I said, Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh baby, we gotta go.
 
(Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!)
 
 
[Interlude]
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
A        D          Em    D
Me see Jamaica, the moon above.
   A        D        Em     D
It won't be long, me see me love.
  A        D     Em    D
I take her in my arms again..
  A             D     Em        D
I tell her I'll never leave her then.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
A            D   Em D   A            D           Em
Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh no, we gotta go..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
      D
yeah, yeah.
        A            D   Em D     A           D Em D
I said, Lou..ie Lou..ie, oh baby, we gotta go.
 
 
[Outro]
 
        A               D Em D
I said, we gotta go now.
      A                   D Em D
Let's take it on outa here..
      A
Let's go!
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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Just for fun I checked the sheet music for this song. IT'S Em NOT G5!! Get off my f'n back!!!!!!!! Thank you for your support. KK.

I take her in my arms and then I tell her I never leave again [see how that rhymes? It's like artistic man]

ayylamo..you're a minority of one. Nobody else, that I know of, plays this with a G5 chord. The G5 sounds shitty, BTW. KK. P.S. Check the other posts, they're all Em. Don't know why you center me out. KK.