Chords for Nadine Landry and Stephen Sammy Lind - The Lakes of Pontchartrain

_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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Was on [E] one bright [F#] March [F#m] _ morning
_ [D] I've been [E] to [A] Wally's Beach _ _ _
And I took [E] the road [F#m] to _ _ [D] _
Jacksontown
[A] My _ fortunes to _ [D] renew _
I [A] _ _ cursed [E] on _ [F#m] boring _ _
[D] money
[A] No _ credit _ [D] good I gained
_ [A] But still [Em] my heart [F#m] went longing
For [D] the lakes [E] of _ _ [A] Bonchartrain
_ _ _ I _ [E] sat on [F#] board a [F#m] railroad car
[D] _
Beneath [E] the _ [A] morning sun
_ _ And I rode [E] the road _ [F#m] still _ [D] evening
_ [A] And I lay me down [D] _
_ again
_ [A] The _ [Em] strangers _ [F#m] they're no friends [D] to me
[A]
Still a sweet girl towards [D] me came
_ And [A] I fell [E] in love [F#m] with my Creole girl
[D] From the lakes [E] of _ _
[A] Bonchartrain _ _ _
I _ said [E] my _ [F#m] pretty Creole girl
[D] My [A] money _ here's no good _
And if it weren't for the [Em] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] alligators
[A] That sleep out in [D] the _ woods _
[A] You're welcome [E] _
here [F#m] kind _ _ [D] stranger
_ [A] Our house is [D] very plain _ _
[A] We _ [E] never _ [F#m] turned a stranger _ out
[D] From the lakes [E] of _
_ [A] Bonchartrain _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
She took [E] me to [F#m] her mammy's house
[D] And treated [E] me [A] quite well _ _
The hair [E] upon [F#m] her _ _ [D] shoulder
[A] Then shed like _ [D] ringlets fell _ _
[A] To try [E] to paint [F#m] her _ _ [D] beauty
[A] I'm sure to [Bm] be [A] [D] in vain _ _
[A] So [E] handsome was [F#m] my Creole [A] girl _
[D] From the lakes [E] of _
_ [A] Bonchartrain _ _ _
I asked [E] her if [F#] she'd [F#m] marry me
[D] But she _ [E] said it never [A] could _ be _
For she [E] had [F#m] got in _ [D] love [A] her
And he was [D] far at sea _
She [A] _ said [Em] that she [F#m] would wait [D] for him
[A] And true she would [D] remain _ _
_ [A] Till he [E] _
returned to [F#m] his Creole girl
[D] And the [E] lakes of _
_ [A] _ Bonchartrain _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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Yes fare [E] thee well [F#] my _ [F#m] Creole girl
_ [D] I'll never [E] _
see [A] you _ _ _ _
I'll never forget _ [F#m] your _ [D] kindness _
[A] And the cottage by [D] the _ _ shore
[A] And at each [Em] _
[F#m] social _ _ [D] gathering
[A] A _ flowing bowl [D] I'll drink _ _
[A] And I'll drink [E] a health [F#m] to my _ [A] Creole girl
[D] And the lakes [A] of _ _ _ Bonchartrain _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[C] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Bye everyone!
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