Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight original guitar chords by 
The Oak Ridge Boys 
Key: F major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Left her momma crying
with her head in her hands
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F
Such a sad case, so broken hearted
She say, momma, gotta go,
gotta get outta here
Gotta get outta town, tired of hanging around
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F
I gotta roll on between the ditches
Just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
'Round and around, nobody knows
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F
But the highway goes on forever
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F
That ol' highway rolls on forever
Verse 2
if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running
with a travelling man
She say, daughter, let me tell you
'bout the travelling' kind
Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time
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F
He'll be long gone before you know it
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F
He'll be long gone before you know it.
Chorus 1
Bb
F
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Dm
C
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Solo 1
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Bb
Bb
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Verse 3
F
This is down in the swampland, anything goes
It's alligator bait and the bars don't close
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F
It's the real thing down in Louisiana
Did you ever see a Cajun
when he really got mad
When he really got trouble
like a daughter goin’ bad
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F
It gets real hot down in Louisiana
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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F
It ain't no time for lengthy speeches
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There ain't no time for lengthy speeches.
Chorus 2
Bb
F
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Dm
C
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Bb
F
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Dm
C
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Outro 1
F
Just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
'Round and around, nobody knows
Bb
F
But the highway goes on forever
Bb
F
That ol' highway rolls on forever
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb Dm C
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