Lady Marmalade
Labelle (Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan, 1974)


      Gm7           C
4/4 | D - X u D - X U | - u d u d u d u |
      1   2 & 3   4 &   1   2   3   4

Intro
| [Gm7]   | [C]   | [Gm7]   | [C]   |   

[Gm7] Hey sista, go sista, [C] soul sista, go sista
[Gm7] Hey sista, go sista, [C] soul sista, go sista.
He [Gm7] met Marmalade down in [C] old New Orleans,
[Gm7] Struttin' her stuff on the [C] street.
She said, [Cm7] "Hello, hey Joe, do you wanna [Dm7] give it a go?

Chorus
[Gm7] Gitchi, gitchi, ya- ya, [C] da- da.
[Gm7] Gitchi, gitchi, ya- ya [C] here.
[Gm7] Mocca chocolata, [C] ya- ya.
[C↓] Creole lady Marma- | [Gm7↓] lade. | ... |
[Gm7] Voulez- vous coucher avec [C] moi, ce soir.
[Gm7] Voulez vous coucher avec [C] moi.          

He [Gm7] stayed in her boudoir while [C] she freshened up.
[Gm7] That boy drank all that mag- [C] nolia wine.
On her [Cm7] black satin sheets, I [Dm7] swear he started to freak.

Chorus
[Gm7] Gitchi, gitchi, ya- ya, [C] da- da.
[Gm7] Gitchi, gitchi, ya- ya [C] here.
[Gm7] Mocca chocolata, [C] ya- ya.
[C↓] Creole lady Marma- | [Gm7↓] lade. | ... |
[Gm7] Voulez- vous coucher avec [C] moi, ce soir.
[Gm7] Voulez vous coucher avec [C] moi.          
        

Instrumental (Horns)
|   [Gm7]   |   [Gm7]   |   
|   [Cm7]   |   [Cm7]   |   [G]   |   [G]   |   
|   [Cm7]   |   [Cm7]   |   [D]  Hey, hey |   [D]  hey... |

[Gm7] Seeing her skin feeling [C] silky smoothe
[Gm7] Color of café au [C] lait
Made the [Cm7] savage beast inside [Dm7] roar, until it cried...
| [D] More, more, | more!
[Gm7] Now he's at home doing [C] nine to five.
[Gm7] Living his brave life of [C] lies.
But when he [Cm7] turns off to sleep, [Dm7] old memories creep.
| [D] More, more, | more!

Chorus
[Gm7] Gitchi, gitchi, ya- ya, [C] da- da.
[Gm7] Gitchi, gitchi, ya- ya [C] here.
[Gm7] Mocca chocolata, [C] ya- ya.
[C↓] Creole lady Marma- | [Gm7↓] lade. | ... |
[Gm7] Voulez- vous coucher avec [C] moi, ce soir.
[Gm7] Voulez vous coucher avec [C] moi.    
[Gm7] Voulez- vous coucher avec [C] moi, ce soir.            
[C↓] Creole lady Marma- | [Gm7↓] lade. | ... |
{eoc]

[Gm7!] Voulez- vous coucher avec [C!] moi, ce soir.
[Gm7!] Voulez vous coucher avec [C!] moi.            
[Gm7!] Voulez- vous coucher avec [C!] moi, ce soir.
[Gm7!] Voulez vous coucher avec [C!] moi.            
        
[Gm7] Gitchi, gitchi, ya- ya, [C] da- da.
[Gm7] Gitchi, gitchi, ya- ya [C] here.
[Gm7] Mocca chocolata, [C] ya- ya.
[C↓] Creole lady Marma- | [Gm7↓] lade. | ... | [Gm7↓]


#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 5/30/18 JJ
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