Chords for Paul Brady - Lakes of Pontchartrain (New Recording)

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_ [F] It was on one bright and arch _ morning _ _ [Dm] I bid [G] New Orleans [F] adieu
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And I took [Am] the road to [F] Jackson town [Bb] Made fortune to renew _ _ _ _
[F] I coursed all foreign [Dm] _ _ [F] _ money [Bb] [F] No credit _ _ could I [Bb] _ gain _
[F] Which _ filled me heart with longing for [Dm] _ The [G] lakes of _ [F] Pontchartrain _ _ _ _
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When I stepped on board of a railroad _ car [Dm] _ Beneath [C] the morning [F] sun
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[F] _ rode [C] the roads [Dm] till _ evening And it laid me down [Bb] _ again _ _
[F] All _ [C] strangers there, [Dm] no _ friends to meet Till a dark girl towards [Bb] me came
_ And [F] I fell in love [C] with a [F] Creole girl [Dm] By the [G] lakes of [F] Pontchartrain
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[F] I said, me _ pretty [C] _ _ [F] Creole girl [Dm] Me money [G] here is no [F] good
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[F] I never went for the _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] alligators _ I sleep but in [Bb] the wood _ _ _
[F] You're welcome [C] here, [Dm] kind _ _ [F] stranger _ Our house is very [Bb] plain
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[F] we never _ turned [C] a stranger [F] _ out [Dm] On the banks [G] of _ [F] Pontchartrain _ _ _ _ _
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Well she took me into her mommy's house [Dm] And she treated [G] me right well
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[F] Her hair [C] _ upon [Dm] her _ _ [F] shoulders _ And jet black _ [Bb] ringlets fell
_ To [F] _ try [C] to paint [Dm] her _ [F] beauty _ _ I'm sure it would be in [Bb] vain _ _ _
[F] So handsome _ [C] was my Creole girl [Dm] By the [C] lakes of _ [F] Pontchartrain
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Well I asked her if [C] she'd marry [F] me _ [Dm] She said this [G] could never [F] be
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[F] For she [C] had gods [Dm] all [F] _ over [Bb] And he was far at [Bb] sea _ _
[F] She said that she [Dm] would wait for _
[Bb] him [F] True she would _ _ remain
Till _ _ he'd [F]
return to his [C] _ Creole girl [Dm] By the lakes of [G] _ _ [F] Pontchartrain _ _
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[Bb] _ So fare thee _ well, me bonnie young girl _ [Dm] I never [G] may see you [F] more _
[Bb] _ _ [F] But I'll never [C] forget [Dm] your _ _
[F] kindness _ In the cottage by the [Bb] _
shore
_ _ [F] _ And at each social [Dm] _ _
_ gathering [Bb] _ [F] A flowing _ glass I'll [Bb]
drain
_ _ _ [F] And I'll drink a health [C] to me _ [F] Creole girl [Dm]
By the lakes [G] of [F] Pontchartrain
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