Chords for Louisiana Man

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_ _ At birth, Mom and Papa call their little boy Ned,
Placed him on the bank of a riverbed,
A houseboat and tied to a big tall tree,
A home for my Papa and my Mama and me.
The clock strikes three, Papa jumps to his feet,
Already Mama's [A] cooking Papa [D] something to eat.
At half-past, Papa, he's ready to go,
He jumps in his bureau-headed down the bayou,
[G] He's got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana rivers,
Gotta catch a [D] big fish for [G] us two,
He's setting traps in the swamps, catching anything he can,
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man,
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana [D] man.
Muskrat hides hanging by the dozen,
Even got a lady making muskrats cousin,
Got a mite drying in the hot, hot sun,
Tomorrow Papa's gonna turn him into munch.
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] Well, they call Mama Rita and my Daddy Jack,
Her little baby brother on the floor, that's Mike,
Bren and Len are the family twins,
Big brother Ed's [A] on the [D] bayou fishing,
On the river floor, Papa's great big boat,
That's how my Papa [A] goes [D] into town,
Takes every bit of a night and a day,
To even reach the place [A] where the people [D] stay,
[G] I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around,
That's the day my Papa takes the first to town,
Papa promised me that I could go,
Even let me see a cowboy,
So I [D] seen the cowboys and Indians for the first time then,
I told my Papa I gotta go again,
Papa said, son, we got lines to run,
We'll come back again, first there's work to be done,
He's [G] got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana river,
Gotta catch a big fish [D] for us [G] two,
Edie's setting traps in the swamp,
Sketching anything he can,
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man,
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man,
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man. _