Louisiana Man chords by Rusty & Doug Kershaw, Wiley Barkdull

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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At birth, Mom and Papa
call their little boy Ned
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Place him on the bench of a ri verbed
A house boatin' tied to a big tall tree
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A home for my Papa and my Mama and me
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The clock strikes three,
Papa jumps to his feet
Already Mama's cookin',
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Papa's somethin' to eat
At half -past papa, he's ready to go
He jumps in his bureau,
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headin' down the bayou
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He's got this in line,
strong across the Louisiana rivers
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Gotta catch a big fish for us two
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He descends through traps
in the swamps,
catchin' anything he can
Gotta make a livin',
he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a livin',
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he's a Louisiana man
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Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen
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Even got a lady makin' Muskrat's cousin
Got all my pride in the hot, hot sun
Tomorrow Papa's gonna turn
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them into mun
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Well, they call Mama Rita
and my Daddy Jack
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Her little baby brother on the floor,
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that's Mike Brent and Lynn
are the family twins
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Big Brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'
On the river floor,
Papa's great big boat
That's how my Papa goes into town
Takes every bit of a night and a day
To even reach the place
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where the people stay
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I can hardly wait until tomorrow
comes around
That's the day my Papa
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takes the first to town
Papa promised me that I could go
He would let me see a cowboy
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So I seen the cowboys and Indians
for the first time
then I told my papa I gotta go again
Papa said, son, we got lines to run
We'll come back again,
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first there's work to be done
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He's got fishing lines
strung across the Louisiana river
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He's gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He's settin' traps in the swamp,
sketchin' anything he can
Gotta make a living he's