Key: B major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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They raised him on the banks of a riverbed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
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Home for my Papa and my Mama and me
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Papa something to eat
At half past, Papa, he's ready to go
He jumps in his piero,
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He's got fishin' lines strung
across the Louisiana river
Gotta catch a big fish for us two
He's settin' traps in the swamp,
catchin' anything he can
Gotta make a livin',
he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a livin',
he's a Louisiana man
hangin' by the dozen
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Even got a lady mink, a muskrat's cousin
Got him out dryin' in the hot,
hot sun
Tomorrow, Papa's gonna turn
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them into money
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Fran and Elaine are the family twins
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Big Brother Ed's on the bio fishin'
On the river floats
Papa's great big boat
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That's how my Papa goes into town
It takes every bit of a night and a day
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I can hardly wait until tomorrow
comes around
That's the day my Papa
takes the first to town
Papa promised me that I could go
He even let me see a cowboy show
for the first time
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then I told my papa, gotta go again
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But come back again,
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cause there's work to be done
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across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He's settin' traps in the swamp
Pitching anything you can
Gotta make a living,
he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a living,
Outro 1
he's a Louisiana man
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E A
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Capo: 4
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