Chords for "Louie Louie"

Date: 09 Aug 96 14:29:07 EDT
From: IAN GRANT

Louie Louie as played by The Kinks
Written by: Richard Berry 
Chords forwarded by Ian Grant

There is only one riff in this song. If you learn this you can also play 'Wild
Thing' like Jimi Hendrix. The double strummed D7  acts as a passing chord and
for brevity's sake is marked by * .

The chords are:  A  A   D7 D7   E  E   D7 D7

Intro Riff x2
 
A        *   E       *  A         E * A *              
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go. 
E          *
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi 
A        *   E       *  A         E * A *  E
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.
 

  A              E                                
A fine girl, who waited for me. 
  A             E                 
I catch a ship across the sea. 
  A               E               
I sailed the ship all alone. 
  A                       E       
I wondered when I'm gonna make it home. 


A        *   E       *  A         E * A *              
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go. 
E          *
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi 
A        *   E       *  A         E * A *  E
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.


Three nights and days I sailed the sea. 
I think of the girl constantly. 
On the ship, I dream she there. 
I smell the rose that's in her hair. 


A        *   E       *  A         E * A *              
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go. 
E          *
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi 
A        *   E       *  A         E * A *  E
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.



I see Jamaican moon above. 
See the girl I'm thinking of. 
I take her in my arms and then 
Say I'll never leave again. 


A        *   E       *  A         E * A *              
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go. 
E          *
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi 
A        *   E       *  A         E * A *  E
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.

Oh, I gotta go now. 
Uh-huh I gotta go. 


Albums this song can be found on:
       Dead End Street - Greatest Hits 
       Kinkdom 
       The Kinks Are Well Respected Men 
       Kinks-Size 
       Kinks-Size Kinkdom 
       Remastered 
       Then, Now And In Between 


Date: December 6, 98 2:45 PM
From: Bill McMorran


   your louie louie rythem part is wrong. it goes E E E A A B B A A. i 
hope that helps.

From the desk of,
    Dr. William R. McMorran


Date: October 10, 2002, 1:05 PM
From: gorka
Subject:  rythm of louie louie

when i play this song i use A D Em. i find it sounds better, try it


Date: December 15, 2002, 11:38 AM
From: Jon Hill

Someone called William R. McCorran has wrote into say the rhythm 
for louie louie is wrong, he says its played E E A A B B A A, 
yes, this is true. But the lad who tabbed the song was playing it 
in bar-cords playing A at the 5th fret followed by D at the 10th 
fret and then playing E on the 7th. This was also the that the 
Troggs played Wild Thing as Hendrix played it in the key of G.


Date:  April 15, 2003
From:  Peter Hartill

sorry, but the chords for LL (dependant upon the key you choose) are...

AAA / DD / A7A7A7 / DD