Louisiana chords by The Church

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C majorC

♫ Intro:

C majorC  FF  A minorAm  (x2)

♫ Verse 1:
C majorC   FF        A minorAm
Empty birdcage in her room
C majorC    FF       A minorAm
Curtains pulled against the moon
C majorC           FF
Follow her down to Louisiana
C majorC     FF
Hotel room bedside manner
C majorC    FF      A minorAm
God I've got to get back soon

♫ Pre-Chorus:
Bb majorBb              C majorC
She wriggles like a fish in a net
Bb majorBb            C majorC
Details you can never forget
Bb majorBb      C majorC
One thing or another
Bb majorBb         C majorC
Never any bother considering the regret

♫ Chorus:
Bb majorBb    FF   C majorC
That's my story
Bb majorBb    FF   C majorC
Cost a fortune
Bb majorBb    FF   C majorC
DmDm  G+G
Louisiana

♫ Verse 2:
C majorC   FF        A minorAm
Black rain falling in the night
C majorC   FF        A minorAm
Strangers meet in the lamp light
C majorC          FF
Once in her life Louisiana
C majorC         FF
Standing alone out on the veranda
C majorC    FF       A minorAm
Christ I must have been a sight

♫ Pre-Chorus:
Bb majorBb              C majorC
She struggles like a leaf in the wind
Bb majorBb              C majorC
Waiting for the music to begin
Bb majorBb       C majorC
One thing or another
Bb majorBb        C majorC
Always miss the other
Bb majorBb          C majorC
Look what a state I'm in

♫ Chorus:
Bb majorBb    FF   C majorC
That's my story
Bb majorBb    FF   C majorC
Nothing special
Bb majorBb    FF   C majorC
DmDm  G+G
Louisiana

♫ Verse 3:
C majorC   FF      A minorAm
Billy moved to Abilene
C majorC   FF       A minorAm
Lou is searching for morphine
C majorC        FF
Next stop is Louisiana
C majorC          FF
No-one there with a welcome banner
C majorC   FF       A minorAm
I don't suppose that they're too keen

♫ Pre-Chorus:
Bb majorBb              C majorC
She juggled her gentlemen friends
Bb majorBb          C majorC
And suddenly the war ends
Bb majorBb         C majorC
Coming home finding other men in hiding
Bb majorBb     C majorC
Biding her lonely weekends

♫ Chorus:
Bb majorBb   FF   C majorC
What a story
Bb majorBb   FF   C majorC
Cast of thousands
Bb majorBb    FF   C majorC
DmDm  G+G
Louisiana

♫ Verse 4:
C majorC   FF      A minorAm
Empty birdcage in her room
C majorC    FF       A minorAm
Shadows shrunk against the moon
C majorC           FF
Follow her down to Louisiana
C majorC     FF
Hotel room bedside manner
C majorC   FF      A minorAm
God I've got to get back soon
C majorC   FF      A minorAm
God I've got to get back soon