Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight chords by
Rodney Crowell

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Key: F major•

Verse 1
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Lord, Mary took to runnin'
with a travelin' man
Left her momma crying with
her head in her hands
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Such a sad case, so broken hearted

Verse 2
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She say, "Momma, I got to go,
I gotta get out of here
I gotta get out of town,
I'm tired of hangin' around
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I gotta roll on between the ditches"

Verse 3
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It's just an ordinary story
'bout the way things goes
Round and around, nobody knows
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But the highway goes on forever
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That old highway rolls on forever
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Verse 4
Lord, she never would've done
it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started runnin'
with a travelin' man
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If she hadn't started takin'
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those crazy chances

Verse 5
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She say, "Daughter,
let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind
Everywhere he's goin',
such a very short time
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F F 
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He'll be long gone before you know it
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He'll be long gone before
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you know it"

Verse 6
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She say, "Never have I known
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it when it felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I knew I could
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Never have I done it when
C C 
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it looked so right
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Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight"

Interlude 1

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Verse 7
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This is down in the swampland
where anything goes
It's alligator bait and
the bars don't close
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It's the real thing down in Louisiana
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Verse 8
Did you ever see a Cajun
when he really got mad
When he really got trouble
like a daughter gone bad
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It gets real hot down in Louisiana

Verse 9
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And now the stranger better move
it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
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It ain't no  time for lengthy speeches
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There ain't no  time for
lengthy speeches
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Verse 10
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She say, "Never have I known
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it when it felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I knew I could
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Never have I done it when
C C 
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it looked so right
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Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight"

Verse 11
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She say, "Never have I known
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it when it felt so good
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Never have I knew it when I knew I could
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Never have I done it when
C C 
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it looked so right
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Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight"

Verse 12
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It's just an ordinary story
'bout the way things go
Round and around, nobody knows
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F F 
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But the highway goes on forever
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There ain't no  way to stop the wa ter
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