Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) D You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey A7 You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe D D7 You get a line and I'll get a pole G We'll go down to the crawdad hole D A7 D Honey, sugar baby, mine D Get up old man, you slept to late, honey A7 Get up old man, you slept to late, babe D D7 Get up old man, you slept to late G
Crawdad man done passed your gate D A7 D Honey, sugar baby, mine D Yonder come a man with a sack on his back A7 Packin' all the crawdads he can pack D D7 The man fall down, and he bust his back G Hey, look at them crawdads back in back D A7 D Honey, sugar baby, mine D What you gonna do when the lake goes dry A7 Sit on the bank and watch them crawdads die D D7 What you gonna do when the crawdads die G Sit on the bank until I cry D A7 D Honey, sugar baby, mine D Crawdad sitten on the river bank A7 Pickin his teeth with a two by four plank D D7 Look at that crawdad crawlin round G He's the mayor of Crawdad Town D A7 D Honey, sugar baby, mine D I heard the duck say to the drake, honey A7 I heard the duck say to the drake, baby D D7 I heard the duck say to the drake G Ain't no crawdads in this lake D A7 D Honey, sugar baby, mine