Chords for Lakes of Ponchartrain - Ger O Donnell & Michael Leonard

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
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[C] _ It was on one fine [G] March [Am] morning [F] I ain't been [G] doing [C] anything to do
I took [G] the ride [C] to [G] Jackson town [C] Me fortune to [F] renew
_ [C] I ain't cursed [G] small [A] fallen _
[G] money [C] No credit could I [F]
gain
[C] But filled [F] my [C] [G] heart with [Am] longing [F] for The legs [G] of [C] a punctured train
[F] I _ _ _ [C] stepped on [G] board of a railroad [Am] car [F] Beneath the [C] morning sun
_ _ I [G] rode the [Am] road to _ [G] evening [C] And laid me [F] down again
_ [C] All [G] strangers there, [Am] no [G] friends to meet [C] When a dark girl toward [F] me came
[C] And [F] I [C] fell in love [G] with a [Am] Crayola [F] By the legs of a [G] punctured [C] train
_ I [F] _ _
_ _ [C] [F] said [C] my pretty [G] _
[Am] Crayola [F] My money [G] here's [C] no [F] good
[C] _ If it [G] weren't for the _ [Am] _
[G] alligators [C] I'd sleep out in [F] the woods
[C] Are you [G] welcome here, [Am] kind [G] stranger [C] Though our house is [F] very plain
We [C] _ [F] [C] never turn [G] a [Am] stranger down [F] By the legs [G] of a [C] punctured train
She [F] _ _ _ _ [C] took me in to [G] our mommy's [A] [Am] house [F] And treated [G] me [C] right well
_ _ Her head [G] upon [Am] her [G] shoulder [C] In jet black _ [F] ringlets fell
[C] To try [D] and paint [Am] her [G] beauty [C] I'm sure [G] would [C] be in [F] _ _ vain
[C] And some was [G] my [Am] Crayola [F] By the legs [G] of a [C] punctured train
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I [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
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[C] asked her if [G] she'd [Am] marry me She [F] said [G] it could [C] never be
For [G] she had got [A] a _ [G] lover [C] And he was [F] far and see
_ [C] And she [G] said that she [Am] would wait [G] for [C] him And faithful she [F] would remain
[C] Till he returned to [G] his [Am] Crayola [F] By the legs [G] of a [C] punctured train
So [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ fare thee well, [G] my [Am] bunny girl [F] I may [G] never see you [C] no more
I'll [B] never [F] forget [Am] your [G] kindness [C] In the cottage [G] by [F] the shore
_ [C] And at [G] every [Am] social _
[G] gathering [C] A flowing [C] [F] bowl I'll _ drink
[C] And [F] I'll drink [C] a health [G] to my [Am] Crayola [F] By the [G] legs of a [C] punctured [Dm] train
[C] And I'll [F] drink [C] a health [G] to my [Am] Crayola [F] By the legs [G] of a [C] punctured train