Jolie Louise Live chords by Daniel Lanois

Chords with lyrics

Daniel Lanois at the 2012 Northern Lights Festival in Sudbury, Ontario

G+G  3554xx
D/F#D/F# 2542xx
C majorC  x3201x
G+G  3200xx
E minorEm  0220xx

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

[Verse 2]
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Tous les matins au soleil, I will work 'til work is done
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Tous les matins au soleil, I did work 'til work was done
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And one day, the foreman said, "Jean-Guy, we must let you go"
      D/F#D/F#          E minorEm   C majorC
Et puis mon nom est pas bon, at the mill anymore
   G+G    C majorC     G+G    D/F#D/F#   G+G   C majorC   G+G
Oh Louise, I'm losing my head I'm losing my head


[Verse 3]
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My kids are small, four and three et la bouteille, she's mon amie
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I drink the rum 'til I can't see, it hides the shame Louise does not see
    D/F#D/F#               G+G    C majorC      G+G
A augmentedA carousel turns in my head, and I can't hide, oh no, no, no, no
    D/F#D/F#              E minorEm        C majorC
And the rage turned in my head, and Louise, I struck her down
      G+G      C majorC     G+G     D/F#D/F#   G+G   C majorC   G+G
Down on the ground, I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my mind


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