Henri Leblanc chords by Bill Staines

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Capo 2

Intro
E minorEm  E minorEm  C majorC  D MajorD  E minorEm x2

verse 1
E minorEm            C majorC   D MajorD
Well, I go by the name of Henri LeBlanc
E minorEm         B minorBm
And trapping is my trade.
    E minorEm           C majorC      D MajorD
Now, my daddy was French and my momma was a squaw;
   E minorEm       D MajorD  E minorEm
I was born in the hem-lock shade.

C majorC            A minorAm
Forty-four years in the northern woods
   G+G         B minorBm
From Quebec to Hudson?s Bay,
E minorEm           C majorC    D MajorD
Forty-four years in the northern woods
     E minorEm        D MajorD  E minorEm
Where the bear and the bea-ver stay.

Transition
E minorEm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm

verse 2

E minorEm             C majorC     D MajorD
Well, it ain?t very warm in November?s storms;
E minorEm           B minorBm
Still, it?s off to the traps I?ll go
E minorEm                C majorC      D MajorD
And the whistle of the jay in the trees on the way
      E minorEm        D MajorD  E minorEm
Breaks the hush of the fall-ing snow.

C majorC                A minorAm
From my piney log shack with my traps on my back
    G+G       B minorBm
To the hills of evergreen,
  E minorEm            C majorC      D MajorD
E minorEm
The music that I know is the north wind?s blow
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
And the cry of the wolve-rine.

E minorEm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm

verse 3
     E minorEm             C majorC     D MajorD
When it?s early in the spring and the high geese sing
    E minorEm         B minorBm
Heading up to the northern Grounds,
     E minorEm             C majorC      D MajorD
When it?s early in the spring and the river breaks up
    E minorEm       D MajorD  E minorEm
With a moaning, groan-ing sound

     C majorC            A minorAm
Then it?s off on the road with my furs in a load
    G+G         B minorBm
For the ladies around the town.
       E minorEm          C majorC     D MajorD
Well, they?ll look very nice for a very fine price
    E minorEm         D MajorD   E minorEm
And be warm when the wind blows down.

Bridge
    G+G           D MajorD
And my life goes along like a song and a river
    C majorC       D MajorD
Flowing down along the way.
      G+G              D MajorD
Through the months and the years and the smiles and the tears
     C majorC        D MajorD
I find a friend in every day.

verse 4 (In French)
  E minorEm        C majorC   D MajorD
Je suis connu par le nom LeBlanc
  E minorEm       B minorBm
Et je suis un trappeur.
E minorEm            C majorC   D MajorD
Fils de francais, ma mère était indienne,
  E minorEm        D MajorD   E minorEm
Je suis né sous les épinettes.

  C majorC             A minorAm
Quarante-quatre ans dans les bois du nord
  G+G       B minorBm
De Québec jusqu?à d?Hudson,
  E minorEm            C majorC    D MajorD
Quarante-quatre ans dans les bois du nord
  E minorEm      D MajorD   E minorEm
Où se trouve le grand élan.


C majorC            A minorAm
Forty-four years in the northern woods
   G+G         B minorBm
From Quebec to Hudson?s Bay,
E minorEm           C majorC    D MajorD
Forty-four years in the northern woods
     E minorEm        D MajorD  E minorEm
Where the bear and the bea-ver stay.

Outro
E minorEm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm x2