Louisiana Man chords by
Charley Pride
Charley Pride

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Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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At first mom and papa
called their little boy Ned
They raise him on the
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banks of the river bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree a home
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for my papa and my mama and me
The clock strikes three papa
jumps to his feet
Already mama's cookin'
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papa somethin' to eat
At half past papa he's ready to go he jumps
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in his piro headed down the bayou
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He's got fishin' lines strung
across the Louisiana River
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Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
Headin' crops in the swamp
catchin' everythin' he can
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man gotta make
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a livin' he's a Louisiana man
Muskart hides a hangin' by the dozen even
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got a lady make a muskart's cousin
Pile of hide drying in the hot hot sun tomorrow
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papa's gonna turn them into money
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Well they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
A little baby brother on
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the floor that's Mac
Riz and Liz are the family twins big brother
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Ed's on the bayou fishin'
On the river float papa's great big boat
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that's how my papa goes into town
He takes every bit of the night and day
Then ever reach the place
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where the people stay
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I can hardly wait till tomorrow
comes around
That's the day my papa
takes his fure to town
Papa promised me that I could go
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even let me see a cowboy show
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I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time
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then I told my papa gotta go again
Papa said son we got the lines to run we'll come
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back again there's work to be done
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He's got fishin' lines...
Outro 1
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