Chords for Doug Kershaw - Louisiana Man (live TV 1970)

_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well, at birth, Mom and Papa call a little boy Ned
To race him on the [B] banks of a [D] river bed
On a houseboat tied to a big tall tree
A home for my Papa and Mama and me
The clock strikes three and Papa jumps to his feet
Already Mama's cooking Papa something to eat
At half past Papa he's ready to go
He jumps in his [Am] bureau head down the [G] bayou
He's got the fishing line strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
Setting traps in the swamp, catching anything he can
Gotta make a living, he's the Louisiana man
Gotta make [D] a living, he's the Louisiana man
He's got the muskrat pikes hanging by the dozens
Even got a lady making muskrat scousin'
Got my heart drying in the hot, hot sun
Tomorrow Papa's gonna turn him in the mud _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D]
Well, they call my Mama Rita and my Daddy Jack
That little baby brother on the floor, that's Mack
Granddad and Len are the family twins
And big brother Eddie's [A] on the [D] bayou fishing
On the riverboat, Papa's great big boat
And that's how my [A] Papa goes [D] in the town
They take some every bit of a night and a day
They even make a place where people stay
[G] And I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around
Cause that's the day my Papa [D] takes his [G] perch to town
Papa promised me that I could go
He even let me see a cowboy show
And I saw the [D] cowboys and Indians for the first time then
I told my Papa, I've gotta go again
Well, Papa said, son, we've got lives to run
Let's come back again, there's just work to be done
[G] He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
Setting traps in the swamps, he's catching anything he can
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a [D] living, he's a [G] Louisiana man
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living, he's a