Biography:
The Meters are an American funk band formed in 1965 by Zigaboo Modeliste (drums), George Porter Jr. (bass), Leo Nocentelli (guitar), and Art Neville (keyboards) in New Orleans. The band performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977 and played an influential role as backing musicians for other artists, including Lee Dorsey, Robert Palmer, Dr. John, and Allen Toussaint. Their original songs "Cissy Strut" and "Look-Ka Py Py" are considered funk classics.
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The Meters - They All Ask'd for You
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Es la bas, Crawfish Etoufee (crawfish)
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They all asked for you.
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I went on down to the Audubon Zoo and they all asked for you.
B7
They all asked for you. (for who?) Well they even inquired about you.
E B7
I went on down to the Audubon Zoo and they all asked for you.
B7 E
The monkeys asked, the tigers asked, and the elephant asked me too.
E B7 E B7
Do it. Red beans. Rice.
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Bomp Bomp Bomp BOMP! BOMP!Buh Deeba Doomp Beemp Bomp
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BOMP! BOMP! Buh Deeba Doomp Beemp Bomp
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Es la bas (Es la bas) (Es la bas) Red beans n' rice, Creole gumbo
E B7
I went on up to the Big Ole Sky, and they asked for you. (for who?)
B7 E
They all asked for you. (for who?) Well they even inquired about you.
E B7
I went on up to the Big Ole Sky, and they asked for you.
B7 E
The ducks asked, the eagles asked, and the buzzard asked me too
E B7 E B7
Do it. Do it. Es la bas (Es la bas) Laissez bon temps rouler
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Bomp Bomp Bomp BOMP! BOMP!Buh Deeba Doomp Beemp Bomp
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BOMP! BOMP! Buh Deeba Doomp Beemp Bomp
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Hey la bas (hey la bas) Grits n' fish drippins and crawfish bischien l'etouffee,
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Boil willin' n' tomato paste. Do it! Put y'alls hands together.
E B7
I went on down to the deep blue sea, and they asked for you. (for who?)
B7 E
They all asked for you. (for me?) Well they even inquired about you.
E B7
I went on down to the deep blue sea, and they asked for you. (for me?)
B7 E
The shark asked, the whale asked, and the barracuda asked me too.
E B7
They all asked for you (in the morning), all asked for you (early in the morning)
B7 E
Everybody there, wanna know where, they all asked for you.
E B7
They all asked for you (in the morning), all asked for you (early in the evening)
B7 E
Everybody there, wanna know where, they all asked for you.
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Es la bas, Crawfish Etoufee (crawfish)
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They all asked for you.
E B7
I went on down to the Audubon Zoo and they all asked for you.
B7
They all asked for you. (for who?) Well they even inquired about you.
E B7
I went on down to the Audubon Zoo and they all asked for you.
B7 E
The monkeys asked, the tigers asked, and the elephant asked me too.
E B7 E B7
Do it. Red beans. Rice.
E
Bomp Bomp Bomp BOMP! BOMP!Buh Deeba Doomp Beemp Bomp
E
BOMP! BOMP! Buh Deeba Doomp Beemp Bomp
E
Es la bas (Es la bas) (Es la bas) Red beans n' rice, Creole gumbo
E B7
I went on up to the Big Ole Sky, and they asked for you. (for who?)
B7 E
They all asked for you. (for who?) Well they even inquired about you.
E B7
I went on up to the Big Ole Sky, and they asked for you.
B7 E
The ducks asked, the eagles asked, and the buzzard asked me too
E B7 E B7
Do it. Do it. Es la bas (Es la bas) Laissez bon temps rouler
E
Bomp Bomp Bomp BOMP! BOMP!Buh Deeba Doomp Beemp Bomp
E
BOMP! BOMP! Buh Deeba Doomp Beemp Bomp
E
Hey la bas (hey la bas) Grits n' fish drippins and crawfish bischien l'etouffee,
E
Boil willin' n' tomato paste. Do it! Put y'alls hands together.
E B7
I went on down to the deep blue sea, and they asked for you. (for who?)
B7 E
They all asked for you. (for me?) Well they even inquired about you.
E B7
I went on down to the deep blue sea, and they asked for you. (for me?)
B7 E
The shark asked, the whale asked, and the barracuda asked me too.
E B7
They all asked for you (in the morning), all asked for you (early in the morning)
B7 E
Everybody there, wanna know where, they all asked for you.
E B7
They all asked for you (in the morning), all asked for you (early in the evening)
B7 E
Everybody there, wanna know where, they all asked for you.
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