Chords for The Lakes of Pontchartrain- Deanta

It was on one bright [Eb] March _ [Bbm] morning, _
[Gb] I bid [Ab] New _ [Db] Orleans _ adieu _
And I [Ab] took the road [Bbm] to Jackson [Ab] _ town, [Db] my fortune to [Gb] renew
_ I _
[Db] cursed all _ [Gb] for money, [Ab] _ _ _
[Bbm] no _ credit could [Ab] I _ get
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[Db] Which burned my heart [Ab] with longing [Bb] _ for [Gb] the [Eb] lakes of _ _
[Db] _ Pontchartrain _ _
I stepped on board [Ab] of a railroad [Bbm] _ car, [Gb] beneath [Ab] the morning _
[Db] _ sun _ _ _
I rode [Ab] the road [Bbm] to Lee, [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] and I laid me down [Gb] again _ _ _
All [Db] _ [Abm] strangers there, [Gb] no friends [Ab] to meet, [Db] till a dark girl towards [Eb] me _ _ came
And I fell [Db] in love [Ab] with a _ [Bbm] Creole girl, [Gb] by the [Eb] lakes of _ _ _ _ _ Pontchartrain
[Bbm] I _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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_ [Db] said, my pretty _ [Ab] _ Creole [Bbm] girl, [Gb] me money [Ab] _ is [Db] no _ good _
If it weren't [Ab] for the _ [Bb] all _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab]-nighters, [Db] I'd sleep by ten
[Gb] _ _ You're _ _
[Fm] welcome _ _ here, [Gb] kein _ [Ab] stranger, _ [Bbm] our house, it's _ [Gb] very plain
But _ [Db] we never _ turned [Ab] the stranger [Bbm] _ out, [Gb] from the lakes [Ab] of _ _
[Db] _ Pontchartrain _ _
She took me [Ab] to her _ [Bb] mommy's house, [Gb] and she treated [Ab] me right [Db] well
_ I _ _ sat upon [Bbm] her _ _ [Ab] shores, and [Db] jet black rain [Gb] mats fell _ _
[Db] To try [Ab] and pence [Bb] our _ beauty, _ [Db] I'm sure it would be [Gb] in vain _ _
[Db] So handsome _ was [Bb] my _ Creole girl, [Gb] by the lakes [Eb] of _ _
[Db] Pontchartrain _ _ _
I asked her if [Ab] she'd marry [Bbm] me, [Gb] she said it [Ab] could never _
[Db] _ _ be _
For she [Cm] had _ [Bb]
gotten lost, _ [Ab] _ _
and [Db] he was far [Gb] at sea
_ _ She said that she would wait for _ [Ab] _ _
him, and [Bbm] true, she would [Ebm] remain
_ Till _ _
[Db] he returned for [Ab] his Creole [Bbm] _ girl, [Gb] by the lakes [Ab] of _ _
[Db] _ Pontchartrain _ _ _
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[Db] So fare thee well, my [Ab] bonnie [Bb] old [Bbm] girl, [Gb] I never [Ab] will see you no _ [Db] more _
But I'll _ [Cm] never forget [Bb] your _ [Ab] kindness, _ [Db] in the cottage by the [Gb] _ _ shore _
[Db] And at _ each slow [Gb] sugar, _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] a flowing _ glass [Ebm] I'll _ [Eb] raise _
[Db] I'll drink a health to my _ [Ab] Creole [Bbm] girl, [Gb] by the lakes [Ab] of _ _
[Db] _ Pontchartrain _ _ _
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