Lake Charles Chords by Lucinda Williams

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_ _ _ _ _ _ He had a reason to [E] get back to [A] Lake Charles _ He _ [D] used to talk about it, he'd [A] just go on
and on _ He [E] always said Louisiana _ _ was [A] where he felt
at home _ He [G#]
[A] was _ born [E] in _ _
[A] _ _ [A] Akadoshie, _ _ _ [D] that's in East
Texas _ _ Not far [A] from the border, _ _ but he [E] liked to
tell _ everybody _ he was [A] from Lake [D] [E] Charles [A] _ _ _
[D] Did an angel _ _ whisper [A] in your [E] ear?
[F#m] _ [A] _ And _
[D] _ hold you close and take away [A] your [E] fears [F#m] _ [A] _ In [E] those _ [A] _ [E] long _ _ [A] last moments
_ _ We used to _ drive through _ [E] Lafayette, [A] that's home
_ _ _ In [D] a yellow Camino, _ listening [A] to Howlin' Wolf He [E] liked to stop in Lake _ Charles
Cause [A] that's the place he loved Did _ you run _ [E] about as _ far as [A] you could _ go? _ _ _
[D] Down the Louisiana Highway, _ _ [A] across Lake _ Pontchartrain
Now your [E] soul is in Lake [A] _ [E] Charles No [A] matter what they _ _ [B] [A] say
[D] Did an angel _ _ whisper [A] in your [F#m] ear?
[E] _ [A] And _ _
[D] _ hold you close and take away [A] your _ [B] [A] fears
_ In [E] those long _ _ _ _ [A] last moments _ He _ _
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had a reason [E] to get back [A] to Lake Charles
[D] [A] He _ _ [D]
used to talk [Am] [D] about it, _ he'd just [A] go on and [Em] on
[A] He [E] always said Louisiana _ [Bm] was [A] where he felt at [E] [A] home
_ _ [E] [D] Did an angel _ _ _ whisper in [A] your ear? _ _ _ _
[D] And hold you close and take [A] away your fear
_ _ In _ [E] those long _ _ _ last _
[A] _ _ [F#m] moments
[A] _ Did [D] an angel _ _ whisper [A] in your ear?
_ _ _ _ _ [D] And hold you close and take away [A] your fear
_ _ In _ [E] those long _ _ _ last [A] _
[F#m] [A] moments
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