Lakes Of Pontchartrain Chords by Christy Moore

_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] It was [Em] one fine [Am] March morning [G] _ _ [F]
I didn't know
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] And I [Bm] took the road [Am] to Jackson [G] Town
[Am] And made fortune to _ [F] _
renew
_ [C] I _ cursed [Em] all foreign [Am] _
_ [G] money
_ No credit _ _ [F] could I gain
_ [C] Till I fell [Em] in love [Am] with the Queen
[G] All _ [F] by the legs of [C] Pansy Tren
_ [G] _ _ [C] She _ [Bm] took me into [Am] her [G] Mama's house
[F] And treated me [C] right well
[G] _ _ [C] The hair [Em] upon [Am] her _
_ [G] shoulders
_ [Am] And yet black ring [F] let spell
_ _ [C] To try [Em] and vent [Am] her _
_ [G] beauty
[Am] I knew it would [F] be in vain
So _ [C] _ _
[Em] handsome was [Am] my _ [G] Creole girl
[F] By the legs of _ [C] Pansy Tren
[G] I _ _ [C] _ _
asked her if she'd marry _ me
[F] She said but no
[C] _ _
_ _ _ For she [G] had got [C] a _
_ [G] lover
[C] And he was _ _ [F] fancy
_ _ She [C] _
said [G] that she [F] would _ [G] wait for him
[C] And true _ she would [F] _
remain
_ _ [C] Till _ he'd return to his _ Creole girl
[F] By the legs of _ [C] Pansy Tren
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Fare [Bm] thee well [Am] my _ [G] Creole girl
[C] I never will see you more
_ _ _ I _ [Em] won't forget [Am] your _
_ [G] kindness
[Am] In the cottage by [F] the _ shore
_ _ [C] And at [Em] each _ [Am] social _
_ [G] gathering
[Am] A _ flowing bowl [F] of ren
_ _ [C] And I'll drink [Bm] the health [Am] to my _ [G] Creole girl
[F] By the legs of _ [C] Pansy Tren _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _