Louisana Man chords by Ricky Nelson

Chords with lyrics

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


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

Ned.

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

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

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

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

Papa's gonna turn 'em into mon.

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

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

on the bayou fishin'.

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


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


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


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

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