Key: D major
Verse 1
their little boy Ned
Raised him on the banks
of a river bed
Houseboat was tied to a big tall tree
A home for my mama and
my papa and me
Verse 2
papa jumps to his feet
Already mama's cooking
papa something to eat
At half past papa he's ready to go
He jumps in his pirogue headed
down the bayou
Verse 3
across the Louisiana rivers
D
G
Gotta catch a fresh fish for us to eat
Traps in the swamp catching
anything he can
Gotta make a living,
Gm
G
he's a Louisiana Man
G
D
G
he's a Louisiana Man
Verse 4
Got about enough to make
A
D
Muskrat's cousin
Got 'em out drying in the hot,
hot sun
Tomorrow papa's gonna turn
A
D
'em in to mon(ey)
Verse 5
They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
Little baby brother on the floor
that's Mack
Bren(da) and Lin(da) are
the family twins
Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing
Verse 6
That's how my papa take
A
D
her furs to town
It takes every bit of a night and a day
To even take a place where
A
D
the people stay
Verse 7
D
G
comes around
That's when my papa takes
D
Gm
G
his furs to town
D
G
He'd even let me see a cowboy show
Verse 8
and Indians
for the first time then
A
D
I told my pop I've gotta go again
Papa said son we've got lines to run
We'll come back again soon but
A
D
there's work to be done
Verse 9
across the Louisiana rivers
D
G
Gotta catch a fresh fish for us to eat
Traps in the swamp catching
anything he can
Gotta make a living,
he's a Louisiana Man
G
D
G
he's a Louisiana Man
Gotta make a living,
he's a Louisiana Man
Gotta make a living,
C
D
Gm
he's a Louisiana Man
Gotta make a living,
he's a Louisiana Man
D
G
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man
D
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