Chords for "The Lakes of Pontchartrain" - Aoife O'Donovan - 11/16/2013
Tempo:
113.05 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
G#m
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B]
Twas on a [F#] bright March [B] morning I rode the New Orleans Adair
Jackson [F#] Town [B] My fortune to [E]
renew
land [B] No credit could [E] I [B] gain
[F#] longing [B] For the lakes [F#] pond you [B] drain
I stepped on board a railroad car In the early [F#] [B] morning sun
[G#m] rode the road till evening [F#] [B] And I laid me [E] down again
Twas on a [F#] bright March [B] morning I rode the New Orleans Adair
Jackson [F#] Town [B] My fortune to [E]
renew
land [B] No credit could [E] I [B] gain
[F#] longing [B] For the lakes [F#] pond you [B] drain
I stepped on board a railroad car In the early [F#] [B] morning sun
[G#m] rode the road till evening [F#] [B] And I laid me [E] down again
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F#
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G#m
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Twas on a [F#] bright March [B] morning I rode the New Orleans Adair
_ _ I took the road to Jackson [F#] Town [B] My fortune to [E]
renew
[B] I cursed off [G#m] foreign land _ [B] No credit could [E] I [B] gain
And I filled my heart with [F#] longing [B] For the lakes [F#] pond you [B] drain
I _ _ _ _ _ stepped on board a railroad car In the early [F#] [B] morning sun
_ And I [G#m] rode the road till evening [F#] [B] And I laid me [E] down again
_ [B] All strangers here, [G#m] no friends of [F#] me [B] Till the dark _ [E] adorned me came
_ [B] I fell in love with a Creole girl From the lakes of _ Pontchartrain
_ I said, my lovely [F#] Creole [B] girl My money _
[F#] [B] here's no good
_ If it weren't [G#m] for the _ _ [F#] alligators [B] I'd sleep out in [E] the woods
_ [B] You're [F#] welcome here, [G#m] kind [F#] stranger [B] Our house is [E] very plain
[B] But we never turn [F#] a stranger [B] out [G#m] On the lakes of [F#] _ [B] Pontchartrain _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#]
She [B] _ _ _ took me to [F#] her mommy's [B] house And she [F#] treated me quite [B] well
The hair [F#]
upon [G#m] her _ [F#] shoulders [B] And jet black [E] ringlets fell
[B] To try [F#] and [G#m] paint her [F#] beauty [B] To truly be [E] in vain
_ [B] So charming was [F#] my Creole [B] girl [E] From the [F#] lakes of _ [B] Pontchartrain
_ I asked her if she [F#] would marry [B] me She said, that can never be
_ For she [F#] had [G#m] got a lover [F#] _ _ [B] He was [E] far at sea
[B] She [F#] promised that [G#m] she would wait [F#] for him [B] _ Faithful she [E] would remain
[B] Till he returned [F#] to his Creole [B] girl From [E] the [F#] lakes of _ [B] Pontchartrain
To _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ fare thee well, my Creole girl [E] I'll never [B]
see you no more
But I'll never forget your kindness In the cottage by [E] the shore
[B] And at every social gathering A flowing _ [E] glass of raise
[B] And I'll drink to the health of my Creole girl [E] From the lakes [F#] of _ [B] Pontchartrain _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Twas on a [F#] bright March [B] morning I rode the New Orleans Adair
_ _ I took the road to Jackson [F#] Town [B] My fortune to [E]
renew
[B] I cursed off [G#m] foreign land _ [B] No credit could [E] I [B] gain
And I filled my heart with [F#] longing [B] For the lakes [F#] pond you [B] drain
I _ _ _ _ _ stepped on board a railroad car In the early [F#] [B] morning sun
_ And I [G#m] rode the road till evening [F#] [B] And I laid me [E] down again
_ [B] All strangers here, [G#m] no friends of [F#] me [B] Till the dark _ [E] adorned me came
_ [B] I fell in love with a Creole girl From the lakes of _ Pontchartrain
_ I said, my lovely [F#] Creole [B] girl My money _
[F#] [B] here's no good
_ If it weren't [G#m] for the _ _ [F#] alligators [B] I'd sleep out in [E] the woods
_ [B] You're [F#] welcome here, [G#m] kind [F#] stranger [B] Our house is [E] very plain
[B] But we never turn [F#] a stranger [B] out [G#m] On the lakes of [F#] _ [B] Pontchartrain _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#]
She [B] _ _ _ took me to [F#] her mommy's [B] house And she [F#] treated me quite [B] well
The hair [F#]
upon [G#m] her _ [F#] shoulders [B] And jet black [E] ringlets fell
[B] To try [F#] and [G#m] paint her [F#] beauty [B] To truly be [E] in vain
_ [B] So charming was [F#] my Creole [B] girl [E] From the [F#] lakes of _ [B] Pontchartrain
_ I asked her if she [F#] would marry [B] me She said, that can never be
_ For she [F#] had [G#m] got a lover [F#] _ _ [B] He was [E] far at sea
[B] She [F#] promised that [G#m] she would wait [F#] for him [B] _ Faithful she [E] would remain
[B] Till he returned [F#] to his Creole [B] girl From [E] the [F#] lakes of _ [B] Pontchartrain
To _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ fare thee well, my Creole girl [E] I'll never [B]
see you no more
But I'll never forget your kindness In the cottage by [E] the shore
[B] And at every social gathering A flowing _ [E] glass of raise
[B] And I'll drink to the health of my Creole girl [E] From the lakes [F#] of _ [B] Pontchartrain _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
