leaving louisiana in the broad daylight Chords by Rodney Crowell

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Lord and Mary took to running with a traveling man
Left her mama crying with her head in her hands
[Bb] Such a sad case, so [F] broken hearted _
She said, Mom, I gotta go, I gotta get out of here
I gotta get out of town, I'm tired of hanging around
[Bb] I gotta roll on between [F] the ditches _
It's just an ordinary story about the way things go
Round and around, nobody knows
[Bb] But the highway goes [F] on forever _
[Bb] That old highway goes [F] on forever _
Lord, _ _ she never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a traveling [Bb] man
If she hadn't started taking those [F] crazy chances
_ She said, Daughter, let me tell you about the traveling kind
Everywhere he's going, such a very short [Bb] time
He'll be long gone [F] before you know it
_ [Bb] He'll be long gone [F] before you know _ it _ _
[Dm] She said, Never have I known it when it felt [F] so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I [Dm] could
Never have I done it [C] when it looked so [Bb] right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ This is down in the swamp land where [C] anything goes
It's alligator bait and the bars don't [Bb] close
It's a real thing down in [F] Louisiana _ _
Now did you ever see a Cajun when he really got mad
When he really got trouble like a daughter gone [Bb] bad
It gets real hot down in [F] Louisiana _
Now the stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun
[Bb] Well, it ain't no time [F] for lengthy speeches _
[Bb] Ain't no time for lengthy [F] speeches _
_ _ _ [Dm] She said, Never have I known it [C] when it felt so good
[F] Never have I knew it when I knew I could
[Dm] Never have I done it [C] when it looked so [Bb] right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
_ She [Dm] said, Never have I known it when it felt so [Bb] good
She said, Never have I known [F] it when I knew I could
[Dm] Never have I done [C] it when it looked so [Bb] right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
_ _ [F] It's just an ordinary story about the way things go
[C] Around and around nobody knows
But the [Bb] highway goes on [F] forever
_ [Bb] There ain't no way to stop [F] the water _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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