Louie Louie

(Appears on Live in Germany 1985 and Live in New York 1980)

• Live in New York version - Chords | Lyrics
• Live in Germany version (long; instrumental) - Chords
• Live in Germany version (short; instrumental) - Chords
• version 1 - Chords | Lyrics
• version 2 - Chords | Lyrics
• tab version - Tab
• solo tab version - Tab
• Notes
• External Links

Live in New York version - Chords

Live in New York version - Lyrics

Are you ready now?

Louie, Louie Oh no
I say we got to go now Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah I said
Louie , Louie oh baby
Say we got to go now

Every Night and day she wait for me
that pretty girl think of constantly [???]
Pretty little girl I dream that she there
and I smell the perfumed rose
all in her hair

Louie, Louie Oh no
I say we got to go now Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah I said
Louie , Louie oh baby
Say we got to go now

all right let's go

Every night and day, I dream she there
I smelled the rose all in her hair
a pretty little girl
I dream she there
[???] leave here there

Louie, Louie Oh no
I say we got to go now Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah I said
Louie , Louie oh baby
Say we got to go now

we got to go now
i said we got to go now

a little less treble in the PA for the guitar specialist

hey thank you

all right, here we go now, not so much guitar on the PA, it's a little too loud and the voice is a little too top heavy, ok, the voice is a litttle too crisp and too much of those s's and t's, a little less of that ok

Live in Germany version (long; instrumental) - Chords

Live in Germany version (short; instrumental) - Chords

Version 1 - Chords

A D Em D

Version 1 - Lyrics

Chorus

Louie, Louie Oh no
I say we got to go Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah I said
Louie , Louie oh baby
Say we got to go

Verse

A fine little girl she waits for me
Me catch a ship across the sea
Me sail that ship all alone
Me never know how I'll make it home

Chorus

Verse

Night and day we sail the sea
Me think of girl constantly
On the ship I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair

Chorus

Solo

Me see Jamaica the moon above
It won't be long me see my love
To take her in my arms again
I'll tell her I'll never leave her here

Chorus

Version 2 - Chords

       A        D  Em D       A

	Louie Louie,  Me gotta go	Louie Louie,  Me gotta go

Version 2 - Lyrics

Louie Louie, Me gotta go Louie Louie, Me gotta go
Fine little girl she waits for me , Me catch the ship for cross the sea
Me sail the ship all alone , Me never thinks me make it home

Louie Louie, Me gotta go Louie Louie, Me gotta go

Three nights and days me sail the sea , Me think of girl cinstantly
On the ship I dream she there , I smell the rose in her hair

Louie Louie, Me gotta go Louie Louie, Me gotta go

Me see Jamaica moon above , It won't be long me see my love
I take her in my arms and then , Me tell her I never leave again

Tab Version - Tab

      A               D                Em               D

      v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
----|-5-----5-5-----5-5---8b--5-----5-|---------------------------------
5---|-----8-------8-------------------|-8---5-------5-------------------
----|---------------------------------|---------7b------7---5-----------
----|---------------------------------|-------------------------7---5---
----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------
----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------


 A               D                Em               D

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-------------5-------------------|-----------------------------5---
-------------5-------------------|-----------5---------5-----------
-----5---7b------7b--7-5-7-5-----|-----5-7b----7---7b------7-------
-7---------------------------7-5-|-7-------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------


 A               D                Em               D

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-8b--5---------5-----5-----------|---------------------------------
---------8-5---5-----5-----------|-------------5-------------------
-------------7b--7b------7---5---|-----5---7b------7b--7-5-7-5-----
---------------------------------|-7---------------------------7-5-
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------


 A               D                Em               D

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-----------------------------5---|---------------------------------
-----------------------------5---|---------------------5-------5---
-------------5---7---5-------7b--|---------7---5---7---------------
-7-----7-7-----------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------


 A               D                Em               D

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-5-----5-5---5-----------5-----5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5---5---5---5---
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------


 A               D                Em               D

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-8b--5---------5-----5-----------|---------------------------------
---------8-5---5-----5-----------|-------------5-------------------
-------------7b--7b------7---5---|-----5---7b------7b--7-5-7-5-----
---------------------------------|-7---------------------------7-5-
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------


 A               D                Em               D

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-----------------------------5---|---------------------------------
-----------------------------5---|---------------------------------
-------------5---7---5-------7b--|---------7---5---7---5-----------
-7-----7-7-----------------------|-------------------------7---5---
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------


 A               D                Em               D

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
---------------------------------|-0---0---0-----------2---2-------
---------------------7---7-------|-0---0---0-----------3---3-------
---------------------7---7-------|-0---0---0-----------2---2-------
-7---7---7-----------7---7-------|-2---2---2-----------0---0-------
---------------------------------|-2---2---2-----------0---0-------
---------------------------------|-0---0---0-----------------------

Solo Tab Version - Tab

The basic chord progression is A - D - Em - D throughout:


      v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
----|-5-----5-5-----5-5---8b--5-----5-|---------------------------------
5---|-----8-------8-------------------|-8---5-------5-------------------
----|---------------------------------|---------7b------7---5-----------
----|---------------------------------|-------------------------7---5---
----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------
----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-------------5-------------------|-----------------------------5---
-------------5-------------------|-----------5---------5-----------
-----5---7b------7b--7-5-7-5-----|-----5-7b----7---7b------7-------
-7---------------------------7-5-|-7-------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-8b--5---------5-----5-----------|---------------------------------
---------8-5---5-----5-----------|-------------5-------------------
-------------7b--7b------7---5---|-----5---7b------7b--7-5-7-5-----
---------------------------------|-7---------------------------7-5-
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-----------------------------5---|---------------------------------
-----------------------------5---|---------------------5-------5---
-------------5---7---5-------7b--|---------7---5---7---------------
-7-----7-7-----------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-5-----5-5---5-----------5-----5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5---5---5---5---
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-8b--5---------5-----5-----------|---------------------------------
---------8-5---5-----5-----------|-------------5-------------------
-------------7b--7b------7---5---|-----5---7b------7b--7-5-7-5-----
---------------------------------|-7---------------------------7-5-
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-----------------------------5---|---------------------------------
-----------------------------5---|---------------------------------
-------------5---7---5-------7b--|---------7---5---7---5-----------
-7-----7-7-----------------------|-------------------------7---5---
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------

 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
---------------------------------|-0---0---0-----------2---2-------
---------------------7---7-------|-0---0---0-----------3---3-------
---------------------7---7-------|-0---0---0-----------2---2-------
-7---7---7-----------7---7-------|-2---2---2-----------0---0-------
---------------------------------|-2---2---2-----------0---0-------
---------------------------------|-0---0---0-----------------------

Notes

• Originally by Richard Berry
• Redone by The Kingsmen, and Paul Revere & the Raiders (among many others)

External Links

• History of Louie Louie
• Louie Louie (wikipedia)