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: DbmDbm D MajorD A majorA D MajorD

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

Ned.

They raised him on the banks of a riverbed.
D MajorD
A majorA houseboat tied to a big tall tree, a home for

my mama and my papa and me.
D MajorD
The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet,
                            A majorA            D MajorD
already mama's cooking papa somethin' to eat.
D MajorD
At half past, papa he's a ready to go,
                               A majorA        D MajorD
he jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou.


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

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

Papa's gonna turn 'em into mon.

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INTERLUDE: D MajorD A majorA D..D A majorA D MajorD


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

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

on the bayou fishin'.

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


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


INTERLUDE: D MajorD A majorA D..D A majorA D MajorD


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


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

......D A majorA D..D A majorA D..........



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