Louisiana Chords by Frank Foster

[C] _ How many [Bb] _ times have I walked [F] away from you?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Just to go [Bb] out chasing dreams I knew wouldn't [F] come true
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ After you [Bb] took care of me for oh [F] so long
And _ _ _ [C] after all this time, [Bb] you're still right here
[F] Welcoming me home
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Louisiana, _ _ _ _ right [F] from the start
Guess _ _ _ _ _ [C]
you understood [Bb] the fire [F] in a young man's heart
And _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] though I left you, _ _ _ _ [F] oh from time to time
I _ _ _ [C] just want to thank you for [Bb] _ _ being [F] a friend of mine
I [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] got [C] the urge [Bb] to ramble at [F] 21
And _ _ _ _ [C] I had to burn deep in me [Bb] to see and do the thing
[F] Lord, I never done
And _ _ _ _ [C] I had some wild and crazy _ [Bb] times
Oh [F] friend, it's true
But _ _ _ _ [C]
after all I've seen
[Bb] Ain't _ [Gm] nothing quite [F] compared to you
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Louisiana, it _ must have been your [F] southern soul
_ _ _ _ [C] That gave me a place to lay my [Bb] head
_ And a [F] hand to hold
_ _ _ And [Bb] it was never easy
_ All _ _ [F] to cross your line
And _ _ _ [C] I just want to thank you
For [Bb] _ _ being [F] a friend of mine
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
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[C] _ _ [Am] [Bb] Sometimes I look back now
Ain't nowhere [F] I'm to stay
But [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] with the help of you and [Bb] daddy
_ I [F] became a man
And _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ it sure [F] don't make no [Bb] difference now
Where [F] I'm from
Even [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] when [F] I'm a [C] thousand miles away
[Bb] I'm still [F] singing your song
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Louisiana, _ _ I know I'm [F] leaving you wrong
There'll _ _ _ never [C] be another place _ [Bb] _ this old boy [F] calls home
Cause _ _ _ deep [Bb] inside of you, _ you hold my [F]
bloodline
_ _ _ _ And I just [C] want to thank you
For [Bb] _ _ being a friend [Bb] of mine
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