Dorraine of Ponchartrain chords by
Johnny Cash

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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As I   walked by the lake one
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day by chance my Dorraine passed my way
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Then she and I walked hand in hand
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F F 
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on the banks of Ponchartrain
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I pinned a flower on her heart,
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I swore we'd never be apart
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She vowed her love forever and as
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I kissed her did the same
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Verse 2

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Dorraine, my Dorraine, my

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dark haired little angel

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My belle of Ponchartrain

Verse 3
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We sat down on the dock and with
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our hearts and fingers locked
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We laughed and talked and joked about
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when our names are the same
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And joking I said honey are you
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marrying me for money
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And it took just one quick look to tell
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it hurt my dear Dorraine

Verse 4
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She jumped and stood above me and
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she cried why you don't love me
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I'm rowing home across the lake
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you won't see me again
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I called and called some more but
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she rowed fast from the shore
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And the clouds brought by a wind began
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to rain on Ponchartrain
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Verse 5

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Dorraine, I called Dorraine

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Come back my little angel my

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belle of Ponchartrain

Verse 6
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The storm should make her learn
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that she should make a swift return
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But as  the rain fell harder
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I lost sight of my Dorraine
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As panic gripped my heart I drew
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the oars and made my start
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To look for her on raging waters
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and the rain on Ponchartrain

Verse 7
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At darkness I still called but no
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one heard my cries at all
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And when the daybreak came then others
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helped me look for my Dorraine
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But there was not a thing afloat
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except the oars from her rowboat
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For all was lost upon the choppy waves
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an d rain on Ponchartrain
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Verse 8
Now I come day after day to where
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my sweetheart rowed away
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And I gaze across the water
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of the rainy Ponchartrain
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Just one thing and nothing more
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ever floated back to shore
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Was this flower I hold it is the one I pinned on
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my  Dorraine
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Verse 9
Dorraine, my Dorraine, my
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dark haired little angel
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My belle of Ponchartrain
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ChordsBb Eb C F

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