Jolie Louise chords by Isabelle Boulay

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G+G

🎸 Verse 1:
           G+G        D MajorD          G+G
Ma jolie, how do you do, mon nom est Jean-Guy Thibault-Leroux
            G+G        D MajorD       G+G
I come from east of Gatineau, my name is Jean-Guy, ma jolie
      D7D7              G+G    D7D7    G+G
J'ai une maison à Lafontaine where we can live if you marry me
       D7D7               E minorEm      C majorC
Une belle maison à Lafontaine where we will live, you and me
   G+G    C majorC    G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Oh Louise, ma jolie Louise, ma jolie Louise

🎸 Verse 2:
           G+G      D MajorD         G+G
Tous les matins au soleil I will work 'til work is done
           G+G     D MajorD         G+G
Tous les matins au soleil I did work 'til work was done
    D7D7             G+G    D7D7      G+G
And one day, the foreman said "Jean-Guy, we must let you go"
      D7D7             E minorEm   C majorC
Et pis mon nom, y est pas bon, at the mill anymore
   G+G    C majorC     G+G    D MajorD     G+G
Oh Louise, I'm losin’ my head I'm losin’ my head

🎸 Verse 3:
              G+G       D MajorD         G+G
My kids are small, four and three et la bouteille, she's mon amie
               G+G
I drink the rum 'til I can't see,
       D MajorD           G+G
It hides the shame Louise does not see
     D7D7                G+G    D7D7     G+G
The carousel turns in my head and I can't hide, oh no, no, no, no
    D7D7              E minorEm        C majorC
And the rage turned in my head and Louise, I struck her down
      G+G      C majorC     G+G     D MajorD     G+G
Down on the ground, I'm losin’ my mind, I'm losin’ my mind

🎸 Verse 4:
           G+G        D MajorD       G+G
En Septembre soixante-trois, kids are gone and so is Louise
         G+G      D MajorD       G+G
Ontario they did go, near la ville de Toronto
    D7D7               G+G   D7D7      G+G
Now my tears they roll down, tous les jours, whoa, oh, oh, oh
    D7D7           E minorEm        C majorC
And I remember the days and the promises that we made
     G+G    C majorC    G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Oh oh Louise, ma jolie Louise, ma jolie Louise

🎸 Outro:
           G+G        D MajorD          G+G
Ma jolie, how do you do, mon nom est Jean-Guy Thibault-Leroux
            G+G        D MajorD       G+G   G+G
I come from east of Gatineau, my name is Jean-Guy, ma jolie