Louisiana Man chords by The Seekers

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Verse 1

Oh yeh! Cajun man do all he can

Gotta make a living he's

a Louisiana man

Verse 2
C 
At  (C major) birth Mama n Papa called
Am 
F 
their  (A minor) little boy Ned  (F major) 
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G 
C 
 (C major) Raised him on the banks of the  (G major) river  (C major) bed
Am 
A houseboat tied to a  (A minor) big tall tree
C 
G 
C 
A  (C major) home for my mama and my  (G major) papa and  (C major) me

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Verse 3

The clock strikes three Papa

jumps to his feet

Already Mama's cooking

Papa something to eat

At half- past Papa he's a- ready to go

He jumps in his bureau

headed down the bayou

He's got a

Verse 4
F 
 (F major) fishing line strung
across a Louisiana river
C 
F 
Gotta catch a big fish for  (C major) us to  (F major) eat
He sets his traps in the swamps
catches anything he can
Gotta make a living he's
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F 
a Louisiana  (C major)  (F major) man
C 
F 
Gotta make a living he's a  (C major) Louisiana  (F major) man

Verse 5

Oh yeh! Cajun man do all he can

Gotta make a living he's

a Louisiana man

Verse 6
C 
Am 
They  (C major) call Mama Rita and my  (A minor) daddy Jack
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G 
C 
the  (C major) little baby brother on the floor  (G major) is  (C major) Mack
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Bryn and Lynn are the  (A minor) family twins
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G 
C 
 (C major) Big brother Ed's on the  (G major) bayou fish (C major) ing

Verse 7
C 
Am 
 (C major) On the river float Papa s  (A minor) great big boat
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) That's how my papa goes  (G major) into  (C major) town
Am 
Takes every bit of the  (A minor) night and day
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G 
To  (C major) even reach a place where the  (G major) people stay
C 
 (C major) He's got a

Verse 8
F 
 (F major) fishing line strung
across a Louisiana river
C 
F 
Gotta catch a big fish for  (C major) us to  (F major) eat
He sets his traps in the swamps
catches anything he can
Gotta make a living he's
C 
F 
a  (C major) Louisiana  (F major) man
C 
F 
Gotta make a living he's a  (C major) Louisiana  (F major) man
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 9
C 
 (C major) I  can hardly wait till to
Am 
 (A minor) morrow comes round
C 
 (C major) That's the day my Papa
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C 
takes his furs  (G major) to town  (C major) 
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Papa said Son we got  (A minor) lines to run
C 
We  (C major) come back again cause
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C 
there's  (G major) work to be  (C major) done

Verse 10
F 
He's got a  (F major) fishing line strung
across a Louisiana river
C 
F 
Gotta catch a big fish for  (C major) us to  (F major) eat
He sets his traps in the swamps
catches anything he can
Gotta make a living he's
C 
F 
a  (C major) Louisiana  (F major) man
C 
F 
Gotta make a living he's a  (C major) Louisiana  (F major) man

Verse 11
Dm 
Oh yeh!  (D minor) Cajun man do all he can
F 
 (F major) Gotta make a living he's
C 
F 
a  (C major) Louisiana  (F major) man
C 
F 
Gotta make a living he's a  (C major) Louisiana man  (F major) 