Lake Marie Chords by John Prine

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[G] We were standing, _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
standing [G] by our peaceful waters, _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
standing [G] by our peaceful waters.
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_ [G] _ Many _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ years ago, along the Illinois [C]-Wisconsin [D] border, there was this Indian [G] tribe that found
two babies in the woods, [D] white babies.
_ [G] One of them was named Elizabeth.
She was the [C] fairer of the [D] two, while the smaller [G] and more fragile one was named Marie.
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_ [G] Having never seen white girls before, [C] and living on the two [D] lakes known as the [G] Twin Lakes,
they named the larger [C] and more beautiful lake, [D] Lake Elizabeth.
[G] And thus the smaller lake that was hidden from [C] the highway [D] became known forever [G] as Lake Marie.
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[G] We were standing, _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
standing [G] by our peaceful waters, _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
standing [G] by our peaceful waters.
_ _ [C] Whoa, [D] oh, oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh.
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_ [G] Many years later, I found [C] myself talking to this girl [D]
who was [G] standing there with her
back turned to Lake Marie.
[C] The [D] wind was blowing, _ [G] especially through her hair.
_ [C] There was four [D] Italian sausages [G] cooking on the outdoor grill, and [C] they was [D] sizzling.
_ [G] _ Many years later, we found [C] ourselves in [D] Canada [G] trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch
[D] a few fish.
_ [G] Whatever came first, _ [C] that night she [D] fell asleep on my arm, [G] humming the tune to Louis [C] Louie.
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[G] Oh, baby, _ [C] we gotta go now.
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[G] We were standing, _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
standing [G] by our peaceful waters, _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
standing by [G] our peaceful waters.
_ _ [C] Whoa, [D]
oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, oh.
_ _ [C] Whoa, [D] oh, oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh.
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_ [G] The dogs were barking as the cars [C] were barking, the loon sharks [D] were sharking, the [G] knacks were knackers.
Practically everyone [C] was there.
In [D] the parking lot by the forest [G] preserve, the police had found two bodies, [C] naked [D] bodies.
Their [G] faces had been horribly disfigured by [C] some sharp [D] object.
[G] Saw it on the news, the TV news, in a black and white video.
_ You know what [C] blood looks like in a black and [G] white video?
_ Shadows, _ [C] shadows.
_ [D]
That's [G] what it looks like.
_ [C] All the love we shared [D]
between her and [G] me was slammed, _ [C] slammed up against [D] the fence
of old [G] Lake Marie.
_ [C] Marie!
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[G] We were standing, _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
standing by [G] our peaceful waters, _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
standing by [G] our peaceful waters.
_ _ [C] Whoa, [D] oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, oh.
_ _ [C] Whoa, [D]
oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh.
_ _ [C] Whoa, [D] oh, oh, [G] oh, oh.
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] Peaceful waters, _ [G] _ standing by peaceful waters.
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[G] Oh, baby.
_ _ [C] We [D] gotta go now.
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