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Louisana Man Chords by Ricky Nelson

Louisana Man chords by Ricky Nelson

Guitar chords with lyrics

Louisiana Man:Ricky Nelson.
Album - Bright Lights And Country Music -
on ACE Records in 1966.


INTRO: Dbm D A D

#1.
D
At first mom and papa called their little boy,

Ned.

They raised him on the banks of a riverbed.
D
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree, a home for
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my mama and my papa and me.
D
The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet,
                            A            D
already mama's cooking papa somethin' to eat.
D
At half past, papa he's a ready to go,
                               A        D
he jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou.

CHORUS:
         G
He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana
                                  D     G
River..gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.
G
He's settin' his traps, catchin' anything he can.
G
Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
                            D         G
Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.

#2.
D
Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen, even got a
            A       D
little baby muskrat cousin.
D
Got 'em out dryin' in the hot, hot sun, tomorrow

Papa's gonna turn 'em into mon.



INTERLUDE: D A D..D A D


#3.
D
They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack, my little

baby brother on the floor, that's Mac.
D
Red and Len are the family twins, big brother Ed's

on the bayou fishin'.

#4.
D
On the river floats papa's great big boat, that's
                   A    D
how me and papa go into town.
D
It takes every bit of a night and day to even reach
                    A      D
the place where the people stay.


#5.
G
I can hardly wait tomorrow comes around, that's the
                       D       G
day my Poppa takes the furs to town.
G
Papa promised me that I could go, he even let me see
  D      G
a cowboy show.
G         D
I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time, then.
                       A   D
I told my Papa, got to go again.
D
Papa said,  son, we got lines to run, we'll come back
                    A          D
again cause there's work to be done.


INTERLUDE: D A D..D A D


CHORUS:
         G
He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana
                                  D     G
River..gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.
G
He's settin' his traps, catchin' anything he can.
G
Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
                            D         G
Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.


OUTRO:
G
Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.
                            D         G
Gotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.

......D A D..D A D..........




A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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