Jolie Louise chords by Isabelle Boulay

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G

🎸 Verse 1:
                     G               D                   G
Ma jolie, how do you do, mon nom est Jean-Guy Thibault-Leroux
                        G                D              G
I come from east of Gatineau, my name is Jean-Guy, ma jolie
            D7                            G       D7        G
J'ai une maison à Lafontaine where we can live if you marry me
             D7                             Em            C
Une belle maison à Lafontaine where we will live, you and me
      G       C        G       D        G
Oh Louise, ma jolie Louise, ma jolie Louise

🎸 Verse 2:
                     G           D                 G
Tous les matins au soleil I will work 'til work is done
                     G          D                  G
Tous les matins au soleil I did work 'til work was done
        D7                          G       D7           G
And one day, the foreman said "Jean-Guy, we must let you go"
           D7                         Em      C
Et pis mon nom, y est pas bon, at the mill anymore
      G        C         G        D         G
Oh Louise, I'm losin’ my head I'm losin’ my head

🎸 Verse 3:
                            G              D                  G
My kids are small, four and three et la bouteille, she's mon amie
                             G
I drink the rum 'til I can't see,
             D                     G
It hides the shame Louise does not see
         D7                               G        D7          G
The carousel turns in my head and I can't hide, oh no, no, no, no
        D7                            Em                C
And the rage turned in my head and Louise, I struck her down
            G           C         G         D         G
Down on the ground, I'm losin’ my mind, I'm losin’ my mind

🎸 Verse 4:
                      G               D              G
En Septembre soixante-trois, kids are gone and so is Louise
                 G           D             G
Ontario they did go, near la ville de Toronto
       D7                             G      D7            G
Now my tears they roll down, tous les jours, whoa, oh, oh, oh
        D7                      Em               C
And I remember the days and the promises that we made
         G       C        G       D        G
Oh oh Louise, ma jolie Louise, ma jolie Louise

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