Chords for The Lakes of Pontchartrain - Paul Brady

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_ [F] I _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ was on one [C] bright March _ [F] morning, _ [Dm] _
I [Cm] bid New Orleans [F] adieu, _
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[F] And I took [Am] the road [Dm] to Jackson [F] _ Town, With fortune _ to [Bb] renew. _ _ _
_ [F] I coursed [C] all the [Dm] law and _ [F] money, _ [Bb] _ [F] No credit could I [Bb] _ gain, _ _
_ [F] Which [Bb] filled [F] me heart with longing _ for [Dm] _ gigs [C] of [F] poncher trade.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] I stepped on board of a railroad [F] _
car, [Dm] _ [F] Beneath a morning sun. _
_ _ _ _ _ I rode the rods [D] to _ _ [F] evening, [Bb] _ [F] And I laid me down [Bb] _
again.
_ _ _ [F] All [C] strangers there, [F] [Dm] no _ [Am] friends to _
[Bb] [F] meet, Till a dark girl [G] _ [F] towards me [Bb] _ came.
_ _ [F] And I fell in love with [C] a [F] Creole girl, _ [Dm] By the [C] lakes of [F] poncher trade.
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Well, I said, me _ pretty [C] _
Creole [F] girl, _ [Dm] The money [C]
here's no _ [F] good. _ _ _ _
And if it [C] weren't for the _ [D] _ _
_ [F] alligators, _ They sleep [Gm] out [F] in [Bb] the wood.
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You're welcome [C] here, _ [Dm] kind _ [F] _ stranger, [F] Our house is [F] very _ [Bb] _ plain. _ _
[F] But we never [Bbm] [F] turn, _ _ stranger, _ _ _ [Dm] On the [C] banks of [F] poncher trade. _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ Well, she took [G] me [C] into her mommy's [F] _ house, _ [Dm] And she [Gm] treated me [F] right well.
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_ [F] _ The hair upon her [Dm] _
_ _ [F] _ shoulders, And jet black ringlets _ fell. _ _ _
_ To try to paint [Dm] her _ [F] beauty, _ _ I'm sure it [Gm] would [F] be [Bb] in vain. _ _
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So handsome, _ one [C] like the old [F] girl, _ [Dm] By the lakes [C] of [F] poncher trade.
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_ [F] _ Well, I [N] asked her if she'd [C] marry me, [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _
She said [C] this could never _ [F] be.
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_ [F] For she had got a [D] _ _ _ [F] lover, _ And he was far [Bb] at sea. _
_ [F] _ She said that [Am] she [Dm] would wait [F] for _ _ [Bb] [F] him, And true, she would _ _ remain.
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_ [Fm] Till [Bb] he'd [F] return _ [C] to his Creole [F] girl, [Dm] By the lakes [Gm] of [F] poncher trade. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] So [G] fare thee [C] well, me bonnie [F] old girl, I'll _ never see you more. _
_ _ _ _ But I'll [A] never forget your _ _ _ kindness, In [C] the cottage by [Bb] the shore.
[F] _ _ _ _ And at [Am] each _ [F] [Dm] social _ _ [F] gathering, [Bb] _
[F] _ A flowing _ [Gm] [A] glass [Bb] I'll drink. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] And I'll drink to health, to me Creole girl, _ [Dm] By the lakes [C] of poncher [F] trade. _ _ _
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