Louisiana Man chords by Ricky Nelson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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At first mom and papa
called their little boy Ned
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They raise him on the banks of the river bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree a home for
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my papa and my mama and me
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The clock strikes three papa
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jumps to his feet
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Already mama's

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Verse 2

cookin'

papa somethin' to eat

At half past papa he's ready to go he

jumps in his piro headed down the bayou

He's got fishin' lines strung

across the Louisiana River

Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat

Verse 3
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He's settin' his traps
catchin' anything he can
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Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man gotta
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make a livin' he's a Louisiana man
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Muskart hides hanging by the dozen even
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got a little baby muskart's cousin
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Gotta 'em fryin' in the hot hot sun tomorrow
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papa's gonna turn them into mon

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
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My little baby brother on
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the floor that's Mac
Red and Lynn are the family twins big
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brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'
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On the river float papa's great big boat
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that's how my papa goes into town

Verse 5
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He takes every bit of the night and day
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Then even reach the place
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where the people stay
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I can hardly wait till tomorrow
comes around
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That's the day my papa
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takes his fures to town

Verse 6
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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
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Papa said son we got the lines to run
We'll come back again cause there's
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work to be done