Key: B minor•
Intro 1
Bm
D
Bm
Verse 1
Louisiana, crossed the river from
New
Orleans
To a mother with a husband
doing sex and dungarees
He was running as soon as he could walk,
mostly from the cops
He was dealin'
X and gave
R's when they finally got popped
Judge laid out the choices one
through three when he said
That it's the
Army or it's jail or it's windin' up dead
So he traded in his mullet, earrings,
jackknife, and bandana
And the
Army made a little room for
Private
Louisiana
Say,
D
E
An d by rights, he should be dead
F#m
Bm
Well, he's lived more
D
E
He got a bullet trapped in his hand
California with someone else's lady
D
A
D
All the while he sucking on
a crack -pock -pocker, baby
Bm
A
He hit the streets with his hood up over hair,
Metallica on the
the night cause he had a call
D
Bm
D
It was six or seven months
Bm
Em
before he fi nally got off
Bm
A
God's got a lot of love for this boy
D
Em
By rights, he should be dead
E
F#m
Bm
Well, he's a little more
D
E
He's got a bullet trapped in his head
D
Bm
Well, got himself a job as a
groom down at the track
All the while stealing bits
of tackle for crack
And things kept getting tighter
and he was getting rattled
And the shed finally hit the fan
when he tried to steal a saddle
So he grabbed a train to
D
Bm
He spent five months on a horse farm,
Bm
New
Orleans
Oh,
D
Em
By rights, he should be dead
E
Bm
Well, he's lived more lives
D
E
And he got a bullet trapped in his head
F#m
A
Bm
Well, he found himself a cooking job
E
F#m
And he moved in with a honey
A
Bm
But she had a crazy accent
E
F#m
He said hello and cocked his hammer
A
Bm
Eight months later,
A
our boy woke up with never thought it would happen
Bm
D
His mother said, honey,
there ain't none
Now
D
E
By rights, he should be dead
D
E
And he's a bullet trapped in his head
F#m
Bm
Well, it's been nearly
nine years now
And he's married with a son
And he lives in
Louisiana
A
Bm
Across the river from
New
Orleans
Now, I've got,
D
E
And by rights, he should be dead
F#m
Bm
He's lived more lives
D
Esus4
He's got a bullet trapped in his head
A
E
I say,
Bm
A
God got light love for this boy
D
E
By rights, he should be dead
Bm
A
He's lived more lives than a junkyard time
D
E
He's got a bullet trapped in his head
Esus4
D
Well I say,
Bm
A
God got a lot of love for this boy
E
A
F#m
A
Well I say,
Bm
A
God got a lot of love for this boy
D
Esus4
By rights, he should be dead
D
A
Bm
Now he's a little more wise
A
D
than a junkyard time
Bm
A
Bm
A
D
Bm
D
oh yes
Esus4
Bm
A
D
Esus4
D
Bm
A
D
Bm
D
Esus4
Bm
You
D
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