Down In Louisiana chords by Charley Pride

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Verse 1

Have you ever been down to New Orleans?

Or hitched a ride on the Delta Queen?

There ain't nothing like you never seen

Down in Louisiana

Verse 2
Have you ever been there on a Friday night
A 
 (A major) Down in the quarter when the
D 
 (D major) moon was bright?
It's an altogether different kind of life
A 
Down in Louisiana  (A major) 

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Verse 3

Where the bayou runs

by the side of the road

And sugarcane and cotton grows

And every other name is Thibodeaux

Interlude 1

Down in Louisiana

Verse 4
D 
Have you  (D major) ever heard
a Cajun fiddle play?
A 
And  (A major) danced 'til you've danced
D 
all your  (D major) cares away?
It's always a holiday
Down in Louisiana
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 5
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 (D major) 
G 
D 
Where the  (G major) bayou runs by the side  (D major) 
A 
of the road  (A major) 
D 
And sugarcane and  (D major) cotton grows
G 
D 
And  (G major) every other name is  (D major) Thibodeaux
Down in Louisiana
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 
E 
 (E major) 

Verse 6

If you ever find the time and the money to

Come on down, I'll be lookin' for you

And I'll teach you how to parlez- vous

Down in Louisiana

Verse 7
E 
A 
 (E major) Where the  (A major) bayou runs by
E 
B 
the side  (E major) of the road  (B major) 
E 
Sugarcane and  (E major) cotton grows
A 
E 
 (A major) Every other name is  (E major) Thibodeaux
B 
Down in Louisiana  (B major) 

Verse 8
E 
A 
 (E major) Where the  (A major) bayou runs
E 
by the side  (E major) of the road
B 
E 
A 
And  (B major) sugarcane and  (E major) cotton  (A major) grows
E 
Every other name is  (E major) Thibodeaux
B 
E 
Down in Louisi (B major) ana  (E major) 

Verse 9
A 
E 
Where the  (A major) bayou runs by the side  (E major) of the road
B 
E 
 (B major) And sugarcane and  (E major) cotton grows
A 
E 
 (A major) Every other name is  (E major) Thibodeaux
Down in Louisiana
B 
 (B major) 