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Hips um Haps – Cajun Baby Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsA D C E7

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[Solo]
A  D  C  A

[Verse]
A
Har suðuri har yviri 
Down in Louisiana
D                      A
Í tí sum tey nevna the Swamp
D                    A
bíðar honsjálv Cajun Baby bara eftir
E7                      A
onkrum sum skal henda í nátt

[Verse]
A
Tony Joe White er farin uppá pallin
D                      A
hevur funnið gittarin fram
E7                      A
syngur hin sangin um Polk Salad Annie
E7                      A
soleiðis sum bara hann kann

[Chorus]
A       D
Down in Louisiana
A                          D
just about a mile from the Texascana
                        A
man hon kanska bíða mær enn
   D                         A
honsjálv so blíða Polk Salad Ann

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[Solo]
A  D  C  A

[Verse]
A
Okkurt heystkvøld seint 
við gittara í hendi
D                      A
flúgvi eg mær yvir ein túr
E7                      A
seti meg í durin friði og í náum
E7                      A
spæli tað tey rópa Swamp Blues

[Solo]

[Chorus]
A       D
Down in Louisiana
A                          D
just about a mile from the Texascana
                        A
man hon kanska bíða mær enn
   D                         A
honsjálv so blíða Polk Salad Ann

[Chorus]
A       D
Down in Louisiana
A                          D
gongur tað sum best ber til
                        A
soleiðis sum harra gud vil
   D                    A
og náttarrútman gongur kyk

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[Solo]
A  D  C  A

[Verse]
A
Okkurt heystkvøld seint 
við gittara í hendi
D                      A
flúgvi eg mær yvir ein túr
E7                      A
seti meg í durin friði og í náum
E7                      A
spæli tað tey rópa Swamp Blues

[Outro]

How to play Cajun Baby: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Cajun Baby by Hips um Haps on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Cajun Baby by Hips um Haps is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: A, D, C and E7.

Listen for A – D – A – E7 (V – I – V – II7 in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.