Chords for Louise - Leo Kottke

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[F] They _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ say [Eb] that Louise [D] was not [C] half bad. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] It was written on the [F] walls and window [Bb] shades.
_ _ _ _ _ And _ though [Eb] _ she'd act a [C] little _ good, [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] but it's even,
_ Don't [F] believe her, that's [Bb] her trade. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ Sometimes _ _ [F]
a bottle [Bb] of perfume, _ _
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flowers [F] and memories [Bb] _ of late.
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_ [Dm] Men brought up [F] the _ ten [Gm] cent ticket. _ _ _ _
That [C] man touched those worries of the trade.
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[Eb] Everybody knew, [Bb] and at [C] times she cried.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Ah, but when men [F] like you leave, you say goodbye.
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_ Everybody [Eb] _ thought [Bb] it [C] kind of sad. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] When they found _ [F] Louise _ [Bb] in a _ room. _ _
_ _ _ They'd always [Eb] put her down [Gm] below [C] their car. _
Still _ _ _ _ [Eb] some cried when [F] she _ died this afternoon.
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[Eb] _ _ [Cm] Louise [C] rode _ [F] home on the mail train. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ Somewhere to the [F]
south I heard them say.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ So glad [F] you didn't get [Gm] so up.
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Too bad she had to go this way.
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The [Bb] _ wind _ [Eb] is [Bb] blowing [C] cold tonight. _ _
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goodnight.
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