Cajun Moon
Ricky Skaggs

Intro:C

C
That moon is full and my heart is high
G                  C
i love to dance oh me oh my

wanna have more fun than treein a coon
G                     C
tonights the dance of the cajun moon

C
pick up some wagons around the river of shack
G                 C
bonfires drawin a crowd out back
C
step through the door and i see my sherrie
G                      C
that's when i feel her momma's eyes on me
F     C
cajun moon
G         C
nugget of gold
F        C           G
river of life on the bayou
F                C         G     C
you're just like rain to a lovin bloom so
F        C     G     C
shine on me oh cajun moon

C
guitar a squeeze box a fiddle and bow
G                          C
little band a playin every song they know
C
old woman sittin there and yellin for more
G                         C
my heart is willin but my feet, they're so sore
F     C
cajun moon
G         C
nugget of gold
F        C           G
river of life on the bayou
F                C         G     C
you're just like rain to a lovin bloom so 
F        C     G     C
shine on me oh cajun moon

instrumental play first verse

key change C to D


D
once more we're waltzin to jolighe blond
A                   D    
i lean in closer as the rear is found
D                       
her mommas smilin as we slip from the room
A                   D
to sit and stare at the cajun moon
G     D
cajun moon
A         D
nugget of gold
G        D           A
river of life on the bayou
G                D         A     D
you're just like rain to a lovin bloom so 
G        D     A     D
shine on me oh cajun moon

fade out song playing verse in D

Dale Sandlin (ds_9944@hotmail.com)