Chords for Aoife O'Donovan, Lakes of Pontchartrain
Tempo:
67.85 bpm
Chords used:
B
Ab
Gb
Abm
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gb] [B] I took the road to Jackson town, I fought [E] to renew, [B] I cursed Arthur and I, [Gb] [B] no credit
could I gain, and I filled my heart with longing [Ab] for the lakes and the lonesome days.
[B] I stepped on the bottom [Gb] of the garden, the early morning sun, I rode the [Abm] rails to the
evening [B] and I laid me down again.
All strangers here, no friends, made my dark heart what [E] it came.
[Abm] I fell in love with [B] Creel Girl from the [Bbm] lakes of bloodstained.
[Db] I [Gb] said my love, my Creel Girl, my money, heat and [B] snow, if it weren't [Ab] for you I'd be
a gator, [B] I'd sleep out in [E] the woods.
[Ab] You're welcome here, kind stranger, [B] our house, it is very plain, [Abm] I'm going to visit a stranger
[B] on the lakes [Ab] of bloodstained.
[Abm]
[B] She took me to her mummy's house, she [Gb] treated [B] me quite [Ab] well.
The hair upon her shoulders, [B] such a black and it's brown.
I had to try and paint her beauty to show her [Db] big things.
[Abm] It was [Ab] not Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[B] I [Ab] asked her if she would [B] marry me, she [Gb] said that can never be.
[B] She [Ab] had got a lover and [B] he was [Gb] far too.
She promised [Abm] that she would wait for [B] him to fade.
[E] She had made [Abm] a point of hearing his [Gb] Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[Ab] [Gb]
[Db]
[B] Filled it with all my bonnie good, I'll never see you [B] no more.
But I'll never forget your [Db] kindness, in the cottage by the shore.
[Ab] In every social gathering, [B] I'll float a glass of [Abm] raisin milk.
To the health of my Creel [Db] Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[Abm]
I'll float a glass of raisin milk to my [Ab] Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[B] [N]
could I gain, and I filled my heart with longing [Ab] for the lakes and the lonesome days.
[B] I stepped on the bottom [Gb] of the garden, the early morning sun, I rode the [Abm] rails to the
evening [B] and I laid me down again.
All strangers here, no friends, made my dark heart what [E] it came.
[Abm] I fell in love with [B] Creel Girl from the [Bbm] lakes of bloodstained.
[Db] I [Gb] said my love, my Creel Girl, my money, heat and [B] snow, if it weren't [Ab] for you I'd be
a gator, [B] I'd sleep out in [E] the woods.
[Ab] You're welcome here, kind stranger, [B] our house, it is very plain, [Abm] I'm going to visit a stranger
[B] on the lakes [Ab] of bloodstained.
[Abm]
[B] She took me to her mummy's house, she [Gb] treated [B] me quite [Ab] well.
The hair upon her shoulders, [B] such a black and it's brown.
I had to try and paint her beauty to show her [Db] big things.
[Abm] It was [Ab] not Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[B] I [Ab] asked her if she would [B] marry me, she [Gb] said that can never be.
[B] She [Ab] had got a lover and [B] he was [Gb] far too.
She promised [Abm] that she would wait for [B] him to fade.
[E] She had made [Abm] a point of hearing his [Gb] Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[Ab] [Gb]
[Db]
[B] Filled it with all my bonnie good, I'll never see you [B] no more.
But I'll never forget your [Db] kindness, in the cottage by the shore.
[Ab] In every social gathering, [B] I'll float a glass of [Abm] raisin milk.
To the health of my Creel [Db] Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[Abm]
I'll float a glass of raisin milk to my [Ab] Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[B] [N]
Key:
B
Ab
Gb
Abm
Db
B
Ab
Gb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [B] I took the road to Jackson town, I fought [E] to renew, [B] I cursed Arthur and I, [Gb] [B] no credit
could I gain, and I filled my heart with longing [Ab] for the lakes and the lonesome days.
_ _ [B] I stepped on the bottom [Gb] of the garden, the early morning sun, I rode the [Abm] rails to the
evening [B] and I laid me down again.
All strangers here, no friends, made my dark heart what [E] it came.
[Abm] I fell in love with [B] Creel Girl from the [Bbm] lakes of bloodstained.
[Db] I [Gb] said my love, my Creel Girl, my money, heat and [B] snow, if it weren't [Ab] for you I'd be
a gator, [B] I'd sleep out in [E] the woods.
[Ab] You're welcome here, kind stranger, [B] our house, it is very plain, [Abm] I'm going to visit a stranger
[B] on the lakes [Ab] of bloodstained.
_ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [B] _ She took me to her mummy's house, she [Gb] treated [B] me quite [Ab] well.
The hair upon her shoulders, [B] such a black and it's brown.
I had to try and paint her beauty to show her [Db] big things.
[Abm] It was [Ab] not Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[B] I [Ab] asked her if she would [B] marry me, she [Gb] said that can never be.
[B] _ She [Ab] had got a lover and [B] he was [Gb] far too.
She promised [Abm] that she would wait for [B] him to fade.
[E] She had made [Abm] a point of hearing his [Gb] Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Filled it with all my bonnie good, I'll never see you [B] no more.
But I'll never forget your [Db] kindness, in the cottage by the shore.
[Ab] In every social gathering, [B] I'll float a glass of [Abm] raisin milk.
To the health of my Creel [Db] Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[Abm] _
I'll float a glass of raisin milk to my [Ab] Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
_ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [B] I took the road to Jackson town, I fought [E] to renew, [B] I cursed Arthur and I, [Gb] [B] no credit
could I gain, and I filled my heart with longing [Ab] for the lakes and the lonesome days.
_ _ [B] I stepped on the bottom [Gb] of the garden, the early morning sun, I rode the [Abm] rails to the
evening [B] and I laid me down again.
All strangers here, no friends, made my dark heart what [E] it came.
[Abm] I fell in love with [B] Creel Girl from the [Bbm] lakes of bloodstained.
[Db] I [Gb] said my love, my Creel Girl, my money, heat and [B] snow, if it weren't [Ab] for you I'd be
a gator, [B] I'd sleep out in [E] the woods.
[Ab] You're welcome here, kind stranger, [B] our house, it is very plain, [Abm] I'm going to visit a stranger
[B] on the lakes [Ab] of bloodstained.
_ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [B] _ She took me to her mummy's house, she [Gb] treated [B] me quite [Ab] well.
The hair upon her shoulders, [B] such a black and it's brown.
I had to try and paint her beauty to show her [Db] big things.
[Abm] It was [Ab] not Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[B] I [Ab] asked her if she would [B] marry me, she [Gb] said that can never be.
[B] _ She [Ab] had got a lover and [B] he was [Gb] far too.
She promised [Abm] that she would wait for [B] him to fade.
[E] She had made [Abm] a point of hearing his [Gb] Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Filled it with all my bonnie good, I'll never see you [B] no more.
But I'll never forget your [Db] kindness, in the cottage by the shore.
[Ab] In every social gathering, [B] I'll float a glass of [Abm] raisin milk.
To the health of my Creel [Db] Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
[Abm] _
I'll float a glass of raisin milk to my [Ab] Creel Girl from the lakes of bloodstained.
_ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _