Chords for TOPPOP: Emmylou Harris - Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight (live)
Tempo:
80 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
G
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
the traveling man left her mama crying with her head in her hands [F] such a sad case so [C] broken hearted
she said mama gotta get out of here gotta get out of town gotta hang around
gotta run [F] between the ditches just to know about the way things go around [F] goes [C] on forever
oh the old highway goes on forever
thought you'd never run if you hadn't got the drive started running with the traveling man
if you hadn't started taking those [C] crazy chances she said thought about the traveling kind
never worthy folks you buried your [F] time even long
[C] growing away
growing [F] along
[G] growing away
she [Am] say never ever known it [G] when it felt so
[F] [C] [Am]
[G] [F] even losing an un-brought day's light
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
down in the swamp where anything goes it's alligator bed and the bars [F] don't close it's a real thing down [C] in Louisiana
did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad really got trouble like a daughter ball
[F] gotta get to Rio hot down [C] in Louisiana
cause a stranger better move it or he gonna get killed gonna have to get it or a shotgun [F] well it ain't no time [C] for lame to speak check
[F] oh it ain't no time [C] for lame to speak check
she say never ever [G] know [C] it
[G] even lose [F] the un-brought day
[Am] even [G] [F]
[C] loose [Am] [G] [F] the un-brought day light
even loose the un-brought
[C] its just an ordinary story about the way things go round and around
oh [F] that road [C] goes on forever
oh there ain't no way
to stop the water
she said mama gotta get out of here gotta get out of town gotta hang around
gotta run [F] between the ditches just to know about the way things go around [F] goes [C] on forever
oh the old highway goes on forever
thought you'd never run if you hadn't got the drive started running with the traveling man
if you hadn't started taking those [C] crazy chances she said thought about the traveling kind
never worthy folks you buried your [F] time even long
[C] growing away
growing [F] along
[G] growing away
she [Am] say never ever known it [G] when it felt so
[F] [C] [Am]
[G] [F] even losing an un-brought day's light
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
down in the swamp where anything goes it's alligator bed and the bars [F] don't close it's a real thing down [C] in Louisiana
did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad really got trouble like a daughter ball
[F] gotta get to Rio hot down [C] in Louisiana
cause a stranger better move it or he gonna get killed gonna have to get it or a shotgun [F] well it ain't no time [C] for lame to speak check
[F] oh it ain't no time [C] for lame to speak check
she say never ever [G] know [C] it
[G] even lose [F] the un-brought day
[Am] even [G] [F]
[C] loose [Am] [G] [F] the un-brought day light
even loose the un-brought
[C] its just an ordinary story about the way things go round and around
oh [F] that road [C] goes on forever
oh there ain't no way
to stop the water
Key:
F
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ the traveling man left her mama crying with her head in her hands [F] such a sad case so [C] broken hearted
_ she said mama gotta get out of here gotta get out of town gotta hang around
gotta run [F] _ _ between the ditches just to know about the way things go around _ _ _ [F] _ _ goes [C] on forever
_ oh the old highway goes on forever
_ _ _ thought you'd never run if you hadn't got the drive started running with the traveling man
if you hadn't started taking those [C] crazy chances she said thought about the traveling kind
never worthy folks you buried your [F] time even long _
[C] growing away
growing [F] along _ _
[G] _ growing away
she [Am] say never ever known it [G] when it felt so
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [F] even losing an un-brought day's light _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ down _ _ in the swamp where anything goes it's alligator bed and the bars [F] don't close it's a real thing down [C] in Louisiana
_ did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad really got trouble like a daughter ball
[F] gotta get to Rio hot down [C] in Louisiana
_ cause a stranger better move it or he gonna get killed gonna have to get it or a shotgun [F] well it ain't no time [C] for lame to speak check
[F] oh it ain't no time [C] for lame to speak _ _ check
she say never ever [G] _ _ know [C] it _ _ _
[G] _ _ even lose [F] the un-brought day _ _
_ [Am] even _ [G] _ _ [F] _
[C] loose _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] the un-brought day light
_ even loose the un-brought
_ _ _ [C] its just an ordinary story about the way things go round and around
oh _ _ [F] that road [C] goes on forever
_ oh there ain't no way
to stop the water _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ the traveling man left her mama crying with her head in her hands [F] such a sad case so [C] broken hearted
_ she said mama gotta get out of here gotta get out of town gotta hang around
gotta run [F] _ _ between the ditches just to know about the way things go around _ _ _ [F] _ _ goes [C] on forever
_ oh the old highway goes on forever
_ _ _ thought you'd never run if you hadn't got the drive started running with the traveling man
if you hadn't started taking those [C] crazy chances she said thought about the traveling kind
never worthy folks you buried your [F] time even long _
[C] growing away
growing [F] along _ _
[G] _ growing away
she [Am] say never ever known it [G] when it felt so
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [F] even losing an un-brought day's light _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ down _ _ in the swamp where anything goes it's alligator bed and the bars [F] don't close it's a real thing down [C] in Louisiana
_ did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad really got trouble like a daughter ball
[F] gotta get to Rio hot down [C] in Louisiana
_ cause a stranger better move it or he gonna get killed gonna have to get it or a shotgun [F] well it ain't no time [C] for lame to speak check
[F] oh it ain't no time [C] for lame to speak _ _ check
she say never ever [G] _ _ know [C] it _ _ _
[G] _ _ even lose [F] the un-brought day _ _
_ [Am] even _ [G] _ _ [F] _
[C] loose _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] the un-brought day light
_ even loose the un-brought
_ _ _ [C] its just an ordinary story about the way things go round and around
oh _ _ [F] that road [C] goes on forever
_ oh there ain't no way
to stop the water _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _