Chords for Paul Brady on Bob Dylan learning to play 'The Lakes of Pontchartrain' in 1984
Tempo:
92.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
F#
F
Fm
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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If you mentioned Paul Brady people will often say straightaway the likes of Pontchartrain and maybe you'll tell us a little bit about
Where that came from how to become so synonymous with your good self?
Well, I first heard it sung by Christie Moore when he was in Planxty Yeah
and that would have been the early 70s and I then joined Planxty and took his place and
There was this big song hanging around and I'm going maybe I should try and sing this, you know
So I picked it up and I worked up a guitar arrangement from it and I fell in love with it
and I then I recorded it on my first solo album welcome here a kind stranger and
about three years after that I get a phone call from
my agent and he says
Bob Dylan has heard this this song the lakes of Pontchartrain and he wants to meet you.
So I'm going okay
He's coming over to London.
He's doing Wembley Stadium.
And so I fly over and I go backstage and I meet Bob and
He said, you know, hello very very courteous and then he said this song the lakes of Pontchartrain
He said I have to get the guitar to express this
Yeah, he said the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Fm] How do you play that?
[F#] So I first of all I said, well, you have to tune the guitar differently
Yeah, because that's how it sounds the way it sounds
So he gave me his guitar and I tuned it up and I said [F]
so you do it like this you see
He said oh, yeah, and I said I'm gonna [G] try it here so he's playing it like, you know
And it's you know, he's [G] kind of gone and it's not happening, you know, and I'm sort of going
No, [D#] you do it like this, you know
And eventually I'm going the only way this is gonna happen
Yeah, is if I actually take his fingers and go no you put that finger there and but he's Bob Dylan
Yeah, so what do you do?
I mean, I mean
Yeah, yeah, so I I take [E] his fingers and I go no you do that and you do that and it goes, okay
[G]
So [C#] that was how Bob [F#] Dylan learned how to play it.
You literally have to pick his fingers
Yes, and he he toured quite often singing the song after that.
Yeah, he had a good teacher makes a Pontchartrain
It's a magical song because it's it's the context of it is quite confusing
It's from the southern states of America and it comes [F] from somewhere in the 19th century
the early 19th century
[G#] When like the Spanish the French and the British and Americans were [N] all kind of trying to carve out the Caribbean and all that so
it's confusing as to where it comes from, but it's a very big love song and it's it's it's
It's kind of unrequited love [N] in a very beautiful
Where that came from how to become so synonymous with your good self?
Well, I first heard it sung by Christie Moore when he was in Planxty Yeah
and that would have been the early 70s and I then joined Planxty and took his place and
There was this big song hanging around and I'm going maybe I should try and sing this, you know
So I picked it up and I worked up a guitar arrangement from it and I fell in love with it
and I then I recorded it on my first solo album welcome here a kind stranger and
about three years after that I get a phone call from
my agent and he says
Bob Dylan has heard this this song the lakes of Pontchartrain and he wants to meet you.
So I'm going okay
He's coming over to London.
He's doing Wembley Stadium.
And so I fly over and I go backstage and I meet Bob and
He said, you know, hello very very courteous and then he said this song the lakes of Pontchartrain
He said I have to get the guitar to express this
Yeah, he said the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Fm] How do you play that?
[F#] So I first of all I said, well, you have to tune the guitar differently
Yeah, because that's how it sounds the way it sounds
So he gave me his guitar and I tuned it up and I said [F]
so you do it like this you see
He said oh, yeah, and I said I'm gonna [G] try it here so he's playing it like, you know
And it's you know, he's [G] kind of gone and it's not happening, you know, and I'm sort of going
No, [D#] you do it like this, you know
And eventually I'm going the only way this is gonna happen
Yeah, is if I actually take his fingers and go no you put that finger there and but he's Bob Dylan
Yeah, so what do you do?
I mean, I mean
Yeah, yeah, so I I take [E] his fingers and I go no you do that and you do that and it goes, okay
[G]
So [C#] that was how Bob [F#] Dylan learned how to play it.
You literally have to pick his fingers
Yes, and he he toured quite often singing the song after that.
Yeah, he had a good teacher makes a Pontchartrain
It's a magical song because it's it's the context of it is quite confusing
It's from the southern states of America and it comes [F] from somewhere in the 19th century
the early 19th century
[G#] When like the Spanish the French and the British and Americans were [N] all kind of trying to carve out the Caribbean and all that so
it's confusing as to where it comes from, but it's a very big love song and it's it's it's
It's kind of unrequited love [N] in a very beautiful
Key:
G
F#
F
Fm
D#
G
F#
F
If you mentioned Paul Brady people will often say straightaway the likes of Pontchartrain and maybe you'll tell us a little bit about
Where that came from how to become so synonymous with your good self?
Well, I first heard it sung by Christie Moore when he was in Planxty Yeah
and that would have been the early 70s and I then joined Planxty and took his place and _
There was this big song hanging around and I'm going maybe I should try and sing this, you know
So I picked it up and I worked up a guitar arrangement from it and I fell in love with it
and I then I recorded it on my first solo album welcome here a kind stranger and
about three years after that I get a phone call from
_ my agent and he says
Bob Dylan has heard this this song the lakes of Pontchartrain and he wants to meet you.
So I'm going okay
He's coming over to London.
He's doing Wembley Stadium.
And so I fly over and I go backstage and I meet Bob and
He said, you know, hello very very courteous and then he said this song the lakes of Pontchartrain
He said I have to get the guitar to express this
Yeah, he said the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Fm] _ How do you play that?
[F#] So I first of all I said, well, you have to tune the guitar differently
Yeah, because that's how it sounds the way it sounds
So he gave me his guitar and I tuned it up and I said [F]
so you do it like this you see _ _ _ _ _
_ He said oh, yeah, and I said I'm gonna [G] try it here so he's playing it like, you know
And it's you know, he's [G] kind of gone and it's not happening, you know, and I'm sort of going
No, [D#] you do it like this, you know
And eventually I'm going the only way this is gonna happen
Yeah, is if I actually take his fingers and go no you put that finger there and but he's Bob Dylan
Yeah, so what do you do?
I mean, I mean
Yeah, yeah, so I I take [E] his fingers and I go no you do that and you do that and it goes, okay
[G]
So [C#] that was how Bob [F#] Dylan learned how to play it.
You literally have to pick his fingers
Yes, and he he toured quite often singing the song after that.
Yeah, he had a good teacher makes a Pontchartrain
It's a magical song because it's it's the context of it is quite confusing
It's from the southern states of America and it comes [F] from somewhere in the 19th century
_ the early 19th century
[G#] When like the Spanish the French and the British and Americans were [N] all kind of trying to carve out the Caribbean and all that so
it's confusing as to where it comes from, but it's a very big love song and it's it's it's
It's kind of unrequited love [N] in a very beautiful
Where that came from how to become so synonymous with your good self?
Well, I first heard it sung by Christie Moore when he was in Planxty Yeah
and that would have been the early 70s and I then joined Planxty and took his place and _
There was this big song hanging around and I'm going maybe I should try and sing this, you know
So I picked it up and I worked up a guitar arrangement from it and I fell in love with it
and I then I recorded it on my first solo album welcome here a kind stranger and
about three years after that I get a phone call from
_ my agent and he says
Bob Dylan has heard this this song the lakes of Pontchartrain and he wants to meet you.
So I'm going okay
He's coming over to London.
He's doing Wembley Stadium.
And so I fly over and I go backstage and I meet Bob and
He said, you know, hello very very courteous and then he said this song the lakes of Pontchartrain
He said I have to get the guitar to express this
Yeah, he said the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Fm] _ How do you play that?
[F#] So I first of all I said, well, you have to tune the guitar differently
Yeah, because that's how it sounds the way it sounds
So he gave me his guitar and I tuned it up and I said [F]
so you do it like this you see _ _ _ _ _
_ He said oh, yeah, and I said I'm gonna [G] try it here so he's playing it like, you know
And it's you know, he's [G] kind of gone and it's not happening, you know, and I'm sort of going
No, [D#] you do it like this, you know
And eventually I'm going the only way this is gonna happen
Yeah, is if I actually take his fingers and go no you put that finger there and but he's Bob Dylan
Yeah, so what do you do?
I mean, I mean
Yeah, yeah, so I I take [E] his fingers and I go no you do that and you do that and it goes, okay
[G]
So [C#] that was how Bob [F#] Dylan learned how to play it.
You literally have to pick his fingers
Yes, and he he toured quite often singing the song after that.
Yeah, he had a good teacher makes a Pontchartrain
It's a magical song because it's it's the context of it is quite confusing
It's from the southern states of America and it comes [F] from somewhere in the 19th century
_ the early 19th century
[G#] When like the Spanish the French and the British and Americans were [N] all kind of trying to carve out the Caribbean and all that so
it's confusing as to where it comes from, but it's a very big love song and it's it's it's
It's kind of unrequited love [N] in a very beautiful