The Lakes Of Pontchartrain Live - Aoife O'Donovan Chords
Chords: Capo, Fret, G, D/F#, Em, C, D
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Genre: folk, indie, bluegrass
Capo 4th Fret
[Verse 1]
G D/F# Em C G D G
It was one fine March morning I bid New Orleans adieu
G D/F# Em C G D C
And I took the road to Jackson town, my fortune to renew
G D/F# Em D G D C
I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain
G D/F# Em C G C D G
Which filled my heart with longing for the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Verse 2]
G D/F# Em C G D G
I stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sun
G D/F# Em C G D C
I rode the roads till evening and I laid me down again
G D/F# Em D G D C
All strangers there no friends to me till a dark girl towards me came
G D/F# Em C G C D G
And I fell in love with my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Verse 3]
G D/F# Em C G D G
I said My pretty Creole girl, my money here's no good
G D/F# Em D G D C
If it weren't for all the alligators, I'd sleep out in the woods
G D/F# Em D G D C
She said You're welcome here, kind stranger, our house is very plain
G D/F# Em C G C D G
But we never turned a stranger away by the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Verse 4]
G D/F# Em C G D G
She took me to her Mammy's house, and treated me right well
G D/F# Em D G D C
The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell
G D/F# Em D G D C
To try and paint her beauty, I'm sure it would be in vain
G D/F# Em C G C D G
So handsome was my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Verse 5]
G D/F# Em C G D G
I asked her if she'd marry me, She said it would never be
G D/F# Em D G D C
For she had got a lover and he was far at sea
G D/F# Em D G D C
She said that she would wait for him and true she would remain
G D/F# Em C G C D G
Till he'd return to his Creole girl on the lakes of Pontchartrain
[Verse 6]
G D/F# Em C G D G
Its fare thee well, my Creole girl, may I never see you more
G D/F# Em D G D C
I'll ne'er forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore
G D/F# Em D G D C
And at each social gathering, a flowing glass I'll drain
G D/F# Em C G C D G
And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain
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