Chords for Lakes of Pontchartrain - Paul Brady

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] Was on _ one bright March [G] _
morning
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm]
I bet New [Fm] _ Orleans
[G] _ _
_ And _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ I took the road _ [Dm] to Jackson
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Fortune _ _ to
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I _
cursed
_ [C] _ foreign
[D] _ _ _
_ _ [F] money _ _ _ _
_ [G] Credit _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ Which filled me hard
_ [C] but _ long and [F]
far
_ _ [Dm] the lakes [G] of
_ _ Fonchard
[F] I _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
stepped [Bb] _ [F] on _ board [C] of a railroad _ car _ _
[Dm] _ _ Beneath [G] the morning sun.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] I
_ Rode [Am] the roads till _ _ _ _ [G] _
evening
_ And it laid me _ down _ [Bb] again _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] All _ _ strangers, they're [Dm] no _ friends [C] to me _
[F] till a [G] dark girl
[F] _ Fell _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] in _ _ [F] _
love _ _ [C] with a _ Creole [F] girl
_ _ [Dm] by the _ lakes [C] of
_ Fonchard [F] I _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Said me
_ _ pretty
[C] _ _ Creole _ [F] _ girl _ [Dm] Me money
_ [C] _ _
Here's [G] no good
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_ _ _ [F] And if it _ [C] weren't for the _ alligators
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[F] You're welcome _ here _ [Dm] kind
_ _ _ _ [C] Stranger
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ And _ _ _ _ we [F] _ _ never _ _ turned _ [G] a _ stranger [F] _ out _ [Dm] on the _ banks [C] of
_ _ Ship's [F] reign _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] She took _ me
_ _ Into her mommy's [F] _ house _
[Dm] _ and treated _ [G] _ me right well
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_ _ _ [F] the _ hair [C] _ upon [D] her _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ Shoulders and jet [G] black _ ring
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ So _ _ _
[F] _ _ try [Am] to _ paint [Dm] her
_ _ _ [G] _
Beauty _ _ _ _ _ _
He
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] So _ _ handsome
_ _ _ _ [C] My greet [F] your girl _
[Dm] by the _ lakes [G] of _
Fonchard [F] rain
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] And I asked her
_ _ _ [C] She'd _ I really
_ _ [F] _ She said this [C] could never [F] _ be
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[F] for she _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Was
_ _ _ [Bb] _ She _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] said _ [Am] that she
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ So _
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_ [F] _ _ he'd _ return _ _ [C] to his
_ _ _ [F]
By _ _ [Dm] the _ lakes
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] So [F] _ _ _
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[F] _ _ fare thee _ well
_ [G] Me bunny _ [F] on girl
_ _ [Dm] I never [G] miss a _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] And I'll _ [C] never _ forget [D] your guy
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Miss [F] in the [Gm] cottage _ [G] _ by the [Bb] shore _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ And I _ [C] did so [Dm] she'll go _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ And _ _ _ [F] I'll drink
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
To [C] me your girl _
_ _ [Dm] by the lakes [G] of
_ _ Fonchard [F] rain _ _
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Thanks, _ we're gonna finish off this evening with _ another selection of tunes _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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