Lakes of Pontchartrain - Christy Moore Chords
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G G/F# Em D C G
It was one fine March morning I bid New Orleans adieu
G G/F# Em D Em C
And I took the road to Jackson town, my fortune to renew
G G/F# Em D Em C
I cursed all foreign mo-ney, no credit could I gain
G G/F# Em D C G
til I fell in love with the Creole girl by the lakes of Ponchartrain
G G/F# Em D C G
She took me into her Mama's house, and treated me right well
G G/F# Em D Em C
The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell
G G/F# Em D Em C
To try and paint her beauty, I know it would be in vain
G G/F# Em D C G
So handsome was my Creole girl by the lakes of Ponchartrain
G C G
I asked her if she'd marry me, She said that ne'er could be
G C
For she had got a lo-ver and he was far at sea
G C D G C
She said that she would wait for him and true she would remain
G C G
Till he'd return to his Creole girl on the lakes of Ponchartrain
G G/F# Em D C G
Fare thee well, me Creole girl, I never will see you more
G G/F# Em D Em C
I won't forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore
G G/F# Em D Em C
And at each social gathering, a flowing bowl I'll drain
G G/F# Em D C G
And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl by the lakes of Ponchartrain
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