Chords for John Prine - Lake Marie (Live From Sessions at West 54th)

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[C] _ _ _ [F] were standing, _ _
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standing by peaceful waters, _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] standing by peaceful waters. _ _ _ _
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[F] Many _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ years ago, _ _ _ along the Illinois [C]-Wisconsin border, _ [F] _
there was this Indian tribe _ _ [Bb] _
that found
two [C] babies in the woods, _ _ [F] _
white babies.
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One of them was named [C] Elizabeth.
_ She [F] was the fairer of the two, _ _ _ while [Bb] the smaller and more fragile [C] one was [F] named Marie.
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Having never seen white girls before, _ [Bb]
and living on the two [C] lakes known as the Twin
[F] Lakes, _ they named the larger, more beautiful [Dm] lake, [Bb]
Lake Elizabeth.
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And thus, the smaller lake that was hidden from the highway _ [Bb] _
became known [C] forever _ as [F] Lake Marie.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] We were standing, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] standing by [F] peaceful waters, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] standing by [F] peaceful waters.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Whoa, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] whoa, _
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[C] whoa.
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Many years later, _ _ [Bb] _
I found myself [C] talking to this girl [F] who _ was standing there with her
[Dm] back turned to Lake [Bb] Marie. _
_ _ [C] _ The wind was [F] blowing, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] especially through her hair.
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There was four Italian sausages cooking on the [Bb] outdoor grill, _ _ [C] _ [G] and man, [F] _
they were sizzling.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ Many [F] years later, we found ourselves up in Canada, _ _ _ [Bb] _
trying to save our [C] marriage, _ _ _ [F]
and perhaps
_ catch a [Bb] few fish, _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] whatever seemed easier. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ That [C] night, she fell asleep in my [F] arms, _ _ _ humming a tune to [Bb] Louis Louis.
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[F] _ Oh, baby, _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ we [F] gotta go now.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] We were standing, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] standing by [F] peaceful waters, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] standing by [F] peaceful waters.
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Whoa, _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ whoa, _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ [C] whoa.
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The dogs were barking as the cars were parking.
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The loan sharks [C] were sharking and the narcs were [F] narcing.
_ _ Practically everyone was there _ [Bb]
in the [C] parking lot by the forest [F] preserve. _
_ The police had found two bodies in the [Bb] woods, _ _ [C] naked bodies, _ _ [F]
and their faces had been horribly
disfigured _ [Bb] by _ some [C] kind of sharp [F] object. _
_ _ _ Saw it on the news, _
[Bb] _ _ [C] on the 6 o'clock news, [F] _
in a black and white video. _ _ _
_ You know what [C] blood looks like in a black and white video? _
[F] _ _ _ _ Shadows. _ _
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Shadows! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] That's what it looks like.
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_ _ _ _ _ All the love [Bb] that we shared, _ _ [C] between her and [F] me, _ _ _ man, it was slammed.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G]
[F] Slammed up against the bank's old Lake Marie.
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[Bb] Marie!
_ _ _ [C] _ _ We were [F] standing, _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] standing by [F] peaceful waters, _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] standing by [F] peaceful waters.
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Whoa, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ whoa, [Bb] _
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_ _ whoa.
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Peaceful waters.
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_ Just [C] standing by peaceful [F] waters.
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_ _ _ [F] Peaceful waters. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Standing by peaceful [F] waters. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Ah, _ [C] _ _
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_ _ we gotta go now.
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