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Lakes Of Ponchartrain Acoustic Chords by Traditional

Lakes Of Ponchartrain Acoustic chords by Traditional

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 7th
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
 C       Em           F        C       G    C
Twas on a bright may morning I made my weary way

C                 Em   F          C      Em        F
through swamps of alligators my tired feet did stray
C            Em      F       C          Em        F
till I resolved at sunset some higher ground to win
      C      Em        F               C   G      C
twas there I met a creole girl by the Lakes of Pontchartain
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Verse 2:

C               Em       F            C       G       C
I said, "please help me Creole girl, my money here's no good
C                     Em F        C            Em           F
If it weren't for the alligators I would sleep out in the woods."
C            Em             F                  C       Em       F
"You're welcome here kind stranger though our house be very plain
   C          Em        F                 C          G      C
But we never turned a stranger out on the Lakes of Pontchartrain."

Verse 3:

C       Em               F                C       G       C
She took me out to her mother's house and treated me right well
C           Em        F          C    Em             F
The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell
C            Em     F        C        Em         F
I try scribe her beauty but my words they are in vain
   C          Em        F                  C    G      C
So handsome was that Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

Verse 4:

C       Em            F    C         C       G       C
I asked her if she'd marry me she said it couldn't be
C           Em        F           C      Em    F
because she loved another who is far away at sea
C            Em      F                   C      Em          F
She said that she would wait for him and faithful she'd remain
 C     Em        F           C        G      C
Waiting for her sailor on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

Verse 5:

    C     Em            F    C         C       G       C
So fair thee well my bonny girl, you'll never see me more
C           Em        F                   C      Em         F

But I won't forget your kindness in that cottage by the shore
C            Em      F           C        Em      F
And at every social gathering a shining glass I'll raise
   C          Em        F                            C        G      C
And I'll drink a health to the Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

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