Louisiana Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C]
[G]
[C]At birth,

[Verse 1]
Mom and Pop called their little boy [G]Ned
[C]They raised him on the banks of a [G]river[C]bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
Home for my Papa and my [G]Mama and [C]me
The clock strikes [G]three,
Papa [C]jumps to his feet
Already Mama's [G]cooking
[C]Papa [G]something to [C]eat
At half past, Papa, he's ready to go
He jumps in his piero,
[G]headed down the bayou
He's [C]got [F]fishin' lines strung
across the Louisiana river
Gotta catch a big fish for us two
He's settin' traps in the swamp,
catchin' anything he can
Gotta make a livin',
he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a livin',
he's a Louisiana man
[C]Muskrat hens are
hangin' by the dozen
Even got a lady mink, [G]a muskrat's [C]cousin
Got him out dryin' in the hot,
hot sun
Tomorrow, Papa's gonna turn
them [G]into [C]money[G][C]
[G]
[C]They call Mama Rita and my Daddy Jack
My little baby brother on the [G]floor,
that's [C]Mack
Fran and Elaine are the family twins
Big Brother [G]Ed's [C]on the [G]bio [C]fishin'
On the river floats
Papa's great big boat
That's how my Papa goes [G]into [C]town
It takes every bit of a night and a day
To even reach a place where the [G]people stay
[C]I c[F]an hardly wait until tomorrow
comes around
That's the day my Papa
takes the first to town
Papa promised me that I could go
He even let me see a cowboy show
I saw the cow[C]boys and Indians
for the first time
[G]then [C]I told my papa, gotta g[G]o again
[C]Papa said, son, we got lives to run
[G]But [C]come back again,
[F]cause there's [G]work to be [C]done[G][C]
[G]
He's got [F]fishin' lines down
across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He's settin' traps in the swamp
Catching anything you can
Gotta make a living,
he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living,
he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living,
he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living,
he's a Louisiana [C]man[F]

[Outro 1]
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