Chords for The Coronas - Lakes of Pontchartrain

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_ _ _ _ _ _ It was on one [Fm] bright March morning [F] I [Fm] bid New Orleans adieu
I took the road [F] to Jackson town My fortune to [Bb] renew _
[Fm] I cursed all [F] foreign money No credit could [Bb] I gain
[F] Which filled my [Fm] heart with longing [F] For the lakes [Fm] of Pontchartrain
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_ Well I [F] stepped on board a blue railroad car Underneath the morning sun
And I rode the [Dm] roads all [F] evening And lay me [Bb] down again
[Fm] All [Am] strangers, [Dm] they're no [F] friends to me Till a dark girl [Bb] toward me came
[F] And I fell in love with a griot girl By the lakes of _ Pontchartrain _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well I said, my pretty griot girl My money, here's no gold
And if it weren't for all the alligators I'd sleep out [Bb] in the wood
[Fm] She said, you're welcome [Dm] here, kind [F] stranger Though my house is [Bb] very plain
[F] But we've never turned a stranger out On the banks of Pontchartrain
[Bb] She _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ took me to her mommy's house And she treated [Gm] me [F] right well
The hair upon her shoulders In jet black [Bb] ringlets fell
[F] To try to paint her beauty I'm sure it [Bb] would be in [F] vain
So handsome was my griot girl By the lakes of Pontchartrain
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_ _ _ _ I asked her if she'd marry me She said this could never be
For she [Am] had [Dm] got to [F] love her And he was [Bb] lost at sea
[F] She said that she would wait for him And true that she would remain
Till he'd return to his griot girl [Dm] By the [F] lakes of _ Pontchartrain _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So fare thee well, my griot girl May I never [Fm] see you more
But I'll never forget [F] your kindness Your cottage [Bb] by the shore
[F] And at each social gathering A flowing [Bb] glass I'll trade
[F] And I'll drink a hell to my griot girl By the lakes of Pontchartrain _ _ _ _