Paul Brady - The lakes of pontchartrain
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Capo: 5
Tuning: E A D G B E
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Paul Brady - The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
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As performed on Welcome Here Kind Stranger
Tabbed by: Wil-Man-101 on Ultimate-Guitar
For the first verse, chords are placed exactly on the syllable. For other verses, it's more approximate.
Capo 5
[Intro]
C F C F G C Am F C F
C F
[Verse]
It was Con Fone Cbright FMarch Gmorn-Cing I Ambid New Or-Gleans Cadieu F
And I Ctook the C/Broad to AmJackson Gtown, my Cfortune Gto re-Fnew
I Ccursed all C/Bforeign Ammon-Gey, no Ccredit Gcould I Fgain
Which Cfilled Fmy Cheart Fwith Glonging Cfor the Amlakes of GPonchar-Ctrain F C F
[Verse]
I Cstepped Fon Cboard of Fa Grailroad Ccar Ambeneath the Gmorning Csun F
I Crode the C/Brods till AmeveGning and I Claid me Gdown aFgain
No Cfriends to C/Bme all AmstranGgers till a Cdark girl Gtowards me Fcame
And I Cfell Fin Clove Fwith my GCreole Cgirl by the Amlakes of GPoncharCtrain F C F
[Verse]
I Csaid Fmy CpreFtty GCreole Cgirl, "Me Ammoney Ghere's no Cgood F
"If it Cweren't for the C/BalliAmgatGors, I'd Csleep out Gin the Fwood."
"You're Cwelcome C/Bhere, kind AmstraGnger, our Chouse is Gvery Fplain
"But we CneFver Cturned Fa Gstranger Cout on the Ambanks of GPoncharCtrain." F C F
[Instrumental - verse chords]
C F C F G C Am G C F
C C/B Am G C G F
C C/B Am G C G F
C F C F G C Am G C F
[Verse]
She Ctook Fme Cinto her FMammy's Ghouse, and Amtreated Gme right Cwell F
The Chair uC/Bpon her AmshoulGders in Cjet black Gringlets Ffell
To Ctry and C/Bpaint her AmbeauGty, I'm Csure t'would Gbe in Fvain
So ChandFsome Cwas Fmy GCreole Cgirl by the Amlakes of GPoncharCtrain F C F
[Verse]
I Casked Fher Cif Fshe'd Gmarry Cme, she Amsaid that Gnever could Cbe F
For Cshe had C/Bgot a AmlovGer and Che was Gfar at Fsea
She Csaid that C/Bshe would Amwait for Ghim and Ctrue she Gwould reFmain
Till Che'd FreCturn Fto his GCreole Cgirl by the Amlakes of GPoncharCtrain F C F
[Verse]
It's Cfare Fthee Cwell, Fme GCreole Cgirl, I Amnever may Gsee you Cmore F
But I'll Cnever forC/Bget your AmkindGness in the Ccottage Gby the Fshore
And Cat each C/Bsocial AmgatheGring, a Cflowing Gglass I'll Fdrain
And I'll Cdrink Fa Chealth Fto me GCreole Cgirl by the Amlakes of GPoncharCtrain F C F
[Instrumental - verse chords]
C F C F G C Am G C F
C C/B Am G C G F
C C/B Am G C G F
C F C F G C Am G C F
C