Chords for The Lakes of Pontchartrain - Paul Brady 1977

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Twas [Bb] on [F] one bright March _ morning _ [Dm] I bid [F] New Orleans _ adieu
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And I took the road [Dm] to [F] Jackson _ Town With [Gm] fortune [F] _ to [Bb] renew
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coursed so far [Dm] and _ [F] won me _ no [Gm] credit [F] _ Could [Bb] I _ gain
_ [F] Which _ filled my heart [C] with love [F] And far _ [Dm] the lakes [F] upon _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] I _
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stepped on board [C] of a rail [F] of cars [Dm] _ _
[Bb] Beneath the morning [F] sun
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I rode the [Dm] roads till _ [F] evening _ And it [Gm] laid me [A] down [Bb] _
again
_ _ [F] All _ _ strangers [Dm] there, no friends to [F] [Bb] me [F] So the [Gm] darker [F] the doors [Bb] became
_ _ _ [F] And I fell in love [C] with a _ [F] Creole girl [Dm] Where the [Bb] lakes _ [F] fall _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] I said [F] to me _ pretty [C] _
[F] Creole _ girl [Dm] _
[C] Money _ [F] here's no [Bb] good
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if it weren't for the _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Am] [F] alligators _ I'd sleep out in [Bb] the woods
_ _ [F] You're welcome _ [Dm] here kind _ [F] stranger Our house is very [Bb]
plain
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we never turned [C] a _ [F] stranger out [Dm] On the banks [C] of _ _ [F]
Bonjuree _ _ _ _ _
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[C] She _ [F] _ took me _ [C] into her [F] mummy's house _ [Dm] And treated [F] me right well
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The hair upon [Dm] her _
_ [C] _ [Bb] shoulders [F] And [Bb] jet [F] black [Gm] _ [F] [Bb] ringlets fell
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try to [Dm] paint her _ [F] beauty _ I'm [Gm] sure [F] to [Bb] be in vain
_ _ [F] So handsome _ was [C] my [F] Creole girl [Dm] By the [F] banks of Bonjuree
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I asked her if she'd marry me _ [Dm] She said [C] this could never [F] _
be
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For she had got a _ lover _ And he was far [Bb] at sea
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said that she [Dm] would wait [C] for _ [F] him And [Gm] true [F] she would [Bb] remain
_ _ [F] Till _ he'd return _ to his Creole girl [Bb] By the lakes [F] upon _ _ _
_ [Bb] So _ [F] _ _
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fare thee well [C] my bonnie [F] old girl _ [Dm] I never [Bb] will see [F] you more
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] But I'll never forget [Dm] your _
_ [F] kindness _ In the [Gm] [F] cottage by [Bb] the shore
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And at the _ [Dm] social _
_ [F] gathering _ A [Gm] flowing [Bb] glass I'll drink
_ [F] And I'll drink a health to [C] me [F] _ Creole girl [Dm] By the lakes [Bb] upon
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