Chords for Johnny Cash - Dorraine of Ponchartrain
Tempo:
82.85 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Ride this train to [N] Bogalusa, Louisiana.
See [B] these swamps and forests?
Man's never set foot in a lot of [G] it.
You'll find alligator, [Fm] mink, coon, opossum, squirrel, [Eb] otter, and the lakes are [Bb] full of fish.
You'll find places so virgin and fresh that you'll think the Lord just created [E] it yesterday.
As a [A] matter of fact, some people say when [B] this world was made,
[Bm] a whole lot of it must have looked just [Bb] like southern Louisiana does now.
[Eb] In [D] 1788, I left Halifax, Nova Scotia with about 200 other Acadians.
[Em] We made a long, tiring journey [Eb] south.
In our party of 200, there was [G] this beautiful girl I just haven't quite been [Eb] able to forget.
Doreen was her name.
[F] Doreen and I were, [Gm] well, we were kind of pledged to each other.
We [Cm] said when we got to the promised land, [B] we'd build us a house,
and someday we'd have [G] the biggest sugar cane [F] plantation in the country.
And I used to [A] make Doreen blush when I'd tell her we'd raise the biggest family [Bb] in the country too.
As I walked by the lake one day, [Eb] by chance my Doreen passed my [Bb] way.
Then she and I walked hand in hand [C] on the banks of [F] Pontchartrain.
[Bb] I penned a flower on her heart, [Eb] I swore we'd never be apart.
[Bb] She vowed her love forever, [F] and as I kissed her, [Bb] did the same.
Doreen, [Eb] my Doreen, [Bb] my dark-haired little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
We sat down on the dock, and with [Eb] our hearts and fingers locked,
[Bb] we laughed and talked and joked about [C] when our names are [F] the same.
[Bb] And joking, I said, honey, [Eb] are you marrying me for money?
And it [Bb] took just one quick look to tell [F] it hurt my [Bb] dear Doreen.
She jumped and stood above me, [Eb] and she cried, why you don't love me?
[Bb] I'm rowing home across the lake, [C] you won't see me [F] again.
[Bb] I called and called some more, but [Eb] she rowed fast from the shore.
[Bb] And the clouds brought by a wind began [F] to rain on [Bb] Pontchartrain.
Doreen, I called [Eb] Doreen, come [Bb] back my little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
The storm should make her learn that she should [Eb] make a swift return.
But as the rain fell harder, I lost sight of my [F] Doreen.
[Bb] As panic gripped my heart, I drew [Eb] the oars and made my start
to [Bb] look for her on raging water and [F] the rain on [Bb]
Pontchartrain.
At darkness I still called, [Eb] but no one heard my cries at all.
And [Bb] when the daybreak came, then others helped [C] me look for my [F] Doreen.
But [Bb] there was not a thing afloat except [Eb] the oars from her rowboat.
For [Bb] all was lost upon the choppy waves [F] and rain [Bb] on Pontchartrain.
Now I come day after day [Eb] to where my sweetheart rode away.
[Bb] And I gaze across the water [C] of the rainy [F] Pontchartrain.
Just [Bb] one thing and nothing more ever [Eb] floated back to shore.
It [Bb] was this flower I hold, it is the one [F] I pinned on [Bb] my Doreen.
Doreen, [Bb] [Eb] my Doreen, [Bb] my dark-haired little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
[G] [F]
See [B] these swamps and forests?
Man's never set foot in a lot of [G] it.
You'll find alligator, [Fm] mink, coon, opossum, squirrel, [Eb] otter, and the lakes are [Bb] full of fish.
You'll find places so virgin and fresh that you'll think the Lord just created [E] it yesterday.
As a [A] matter of fact, some people say when [B] this world was made,
[Bm] a whole lot of it must have looked just [Bb] like southern Louisiana does now.
[Eb] In [D] 1788, I left Halifax, Nova Scotia with about 200 other Acadians.
[Em] We made a long, tiring journey [Eb] south.
In our party of 200, there was [G] this beautiful girl I just haven't quite been [Eb] able to forget.
Doreen was her name.
[F] Doreen and I were, [Gm] well, we were kind of pledged to each other.
We [Cm] said when we got to the promised land, [B] we'd build us a house,
and someday we'd have [G] the biggest sugar cane [F] plantation in the country.
And I used to [A] make Doreen blush when I'd tell her we'd raise the biggest family [Bb] in the country too.
As I walked by the lake one day, [Eb] by chance my Doreen passed my [Bb] way.
Then she and I walked hand in hand [C] on the banks of [F] Pontchartrain.
[Bb] I penned a flower on her heart, [Eb] I swore we'd never be apart.
[Bb] She vowed her love forever, [F] and as I kissed her, [Bb] did the same.
Doreen, [Eb] my Doreen, [Bb] my dark-haired little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
We sat down on the dock, and with [Eb] our hearts and fingers locked,
[Bb] we laughed and talked and joked about [C] when our names are [F] the same.
[Bb] And joking, I said, honey, [Eb] are you marrying me for money?
And it [Bb] took just one quick look to tell [F] it hurt my [Bb] dear Doreen.
She jumped and stood above me, [Eb] and she cried, why you don't love me?
[Bb] I'm rowing home across the lake, [C] you won't see me [F] again.
[Bb] I called and called some more, but [Eb] she rowed fast from the shore.
[Bb] And the clouds brought by a wind began [F] to rain on [Bb] Pontchartrain.
Doreen, I called [Eb] Doreen, come [Bb] back my little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
The storm should make her learn that she should [Eb] make a swift return.
But as the rain fell harder, I lost sight of my [F] Doreen.
[Bb] As panic gripped my heart, I drew [Eb] the oars and made my start
to [Bb] look for her on raging water and [F] the rain on [Bb]
Pontchartrain.
At darkness I still called, [Eb] but no one heard my cries at all.
And [Bb] when the daybreak came, then others helped [C] me look for my [F] Doreen.
But [Bb] there was not a thing afloat except [Eb] the oars from her rowboat.
For [Bb] all was lost upon the choppy waves [F] and rain [Bb] on Pontchartrain.
Now I come day after day [Eb] to where my sweetheart rode away.
[Bb] And I gaze across the water [C] of the rainy [F] Pontchartrain.
Just [Bb] one thing and nothing more ever [Eb] floated back to shore.
It [Bb] was this flower I hold, it is the one [F] I pinned on [Bb] my Doreen.
Doreen, [Bb] [Eb] my Doreen, [Bb] my dark-haired little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
[G] [F]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Ride this train to [N] Bogalusa, Louisiana.
See [B] these swamps and forests?
Man's never set foot in a lot of [G] it.
You'll find alligator, [Fm] mink, coon, opossum, squirrel, [Eb] otter, and the lakes are [Bb] full of fish.
You'll find places so virgin and fresh that you'll think the Lord just created [E] it yesterday.
As a [A] matter of fact, some people say when [B] this world was made,
[Bm] a whole lot of it must have looked just [Bb] like southern Louisiana does now.
_ [Eb] In [D] 1788, I left Halifax, Nova Scotia with about 200 other Acadians.
[Em] We made a long, tiring journey [Eb] south.
In our party of 200, there was [G] this beautiful girl I just haven't quite been [Eb] able to forget.
Doreen was her name.
[F] Doreen and I were, [Gm] well, we were kind of pledged to each other.
We [Cm] said when we got to the promised land, [B] we'd build us a house,
and someday we'd have [G] the biggest sugar cane [F] plantation in the country.
And I used to [A] make Doreen blush when I'd tell her we'd raise the biggest family [Bb] in the country too. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ As I walked by the lake one day, [Eb] by chance my Doreen passed my [Bb] way.
Then she and I walked hand in hand [C] on the banks of [F] Pontchartrain.
[Bb] I penned a flower on her heart, [Eb] I swore we'd never be apart.
[Bb] She vowed her love forever, [F] and as I kissed her, [Bb] did the same.
_ Doreen, _ [Eb] my Doreen, _ [Bb] my dark-haired little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
_ We sat down on the dock, and with [Eb] our hearts and fingers locked,
[Bb] we laughed and talked and joked about [C] when our names are [F] the same.
[Bb] And joking, I said, honey, [Eb] are you marrying me for money?
And it [Bb] took just one quick look to tell [F] it hurt my [Bb] dear Doreen.
_ _ She jumped and stood above me, [Eb] and she cried, why you don't love me?
[Bb] I'm rowing home across the lake, [C] you won't see me [F] again.
[Bb] I called and called some more, but [Eb] she rowed fast from the shore.
[Bb] And the clouds brought by a wind began [F] to rain on [Bb] Pontchartrain.
Doreen, I called [Eb] Doreen, _ come [Bb] back my little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
_ _ The storm should make her learn that she should [Eb] make a swift return.
But as the rain fell harder, I lost sight of my [F] Doreen.
[Bb] As panic gripped my heart, I drew [Eb] the oars and made my start
to [Bb] look for her on raging water and [F] the rain on [Bb]
Pontchartrain.
_ _ At darkness I still called, [Eb] but no one heard my cries at all.
And [Bb] when the daybreak came, then others helped [C] me look for my [F] Doreen.
But [Bb] there was not a thing afloat except [Eb] the oars from her rowboat.
For [Bb] all was lost upon the choppy waves [F] and rain [Bb] on Pontchartrain.
_ _ Now I come day after day [Eb] to where my sweetheart rode away.
[Bb] And I gaze across the water [C] of the rainy [F] Pontchartrain.
Just [Bb] one thing and nothing more ever [Eb] floated back to shore.
It [Bb] was this flower I hold, it is the one [F] I pinned on [Bb] my Doreen. _
Doreen, [Bb] _ [Eb] my Doreen, _ [Bb] my dark-haired little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Ride this train to [N] Bogalusa, Louisiana.
See [B] these swamps and forests?
Man's never set foot in a lot of [G] it.
You'll find alligator, [Fm] mink, coon, opossum, squirrel, [Eb] otter, and the lakes are [Bb] full of fish.
You'll find places so virgin and fresh that you'll think the Lord just created [E] it yesterday.
As a [A] matter of fact, some people say when [B] this world was made,
[Bm] a whole lot of it must have looked just [Bb] like southern Louisiana does now.
_ [Eb] In [D] 1788, I left Halifax, Nova Scotia with about 200 other Acadians.
[Em] We made a long, tiring journey [Eb] south.
In our party of 200, there was [G] this beautiful girl I just haven't quite been [Eb] able to forget.
Doreen was her name.
[F] Doreen and I were, [Gm] well, we were kind of pledged to each other.
We [Cm] said when we got to the promised land, [B] we'd build us a house,
and someday we'd have [G] the biggest sugar cane [F] plantation in the country.
And I used to [A] make Doreen blush when I'd tell her we'd raise the biggest family [Bb] in the country too. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ As I walked by the lake one day, [Eb] by chance my Doreen passed my [Bb] way.
Then she and I walked hand in hand [C] on the banks of [F] Pontchartrain.
[Bb] I penned a flower on her heart, [Eb] I swore we'd never be apart.
[Bb] She vowed her love forever, [F] and as I kissed her, [Bb] did the same.
_ Doreen, _ [Eb] my Doreen, _ [Bb] my dark-haired little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
_ We sat down on the dock, and with [Eb] our hearts and fingers locked,
[Bb] we laughed and talked and joked about [C] when our names are [F] the same.
[Bb] And joking, I said, honey, [Eb] are you marrying me for money?
And it [Bb] took just one quick look to tell [F] it hurt my [Bb] dear Doreen.
_ _ She jumped and stood above me, [Eb] and she cried, why you don't love me?
[Bb] I'm rowing home across the lake, [C] you won't see me [F] again.
[Bb] I called and called some more, but [Eb] she rowed fast from the shore.
[Bb] And the clouds brought by a wind began [F] to rain on [Bb] Pontchartrain.
Doreen, I called [Eb] Doreen, _ come [Bb] back my little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
_ _ The storm should make her learn that she should [Eb] make a swift return.
But as the rain fell harder, I lost sight of my [F] Doreen.
[Bb] As panic gripped my heart, I drew [Eb] the oars and made my start
to [Bb] look for her on raging water and [F] the rain on [Bb]
Pontchartrain.
_ _ At darkness I still called, [Eb] but no one heard my cries at all.
And [Bb] when the daybreak came, then others helped [C] me look for my [F] Doreen.
But [Bb] there was not a thing afloat except [Eb] the oars from her rowboat.
For [Bb] all was lost upon the choppy waves [F] and rain [Bb] on Pontchartrain.
_ _ Now I come day after day [Eb] to where my sweetheart rode away.
[Bb] And I gaze across the water [C] of the rainy [F] Pontchartrain.
Just [Bb] one thing and nothing more ever [Eb] floated back to shore.
It [Bb] was this flower I hold, it is the one [F] I pinned on [Bb] my Doreen. _
Doreen, [Bb] _ [Eb] my Doreen, _ [Bb] my dark-haired little angel, [F] my belle of [Bb] Pontchartrain.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _