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Verse 1
(D major) It was on one fine March (A major) morning (D major)
I (B minor) bid New Or (Asus4) leans adieu (D major)
And I took the road to (B minor) Jackson (A major) town,
(D major) me fortune to re (G major) new
I (D major) cursed all foreign (B minor) money, (A major)
(D major) no credit could I (G major) gain
Which (D major) filled me heart with (A major) longing
(D major) for the (B minor) lakes of Pon (Asus4) chartrain (D major)
Verse 2
I (D major) stepped on board of (A major) rail (D major) car
be (B minor) neath the morning (Asus4) (D major) sun
And I rode the rods till (B minor) (D major) even
ing and I laid me down again (G major)
All (D major) strangers there no (B minor) friends to (D major) me till
a pretty girl towards me (G major) came
(D major) And I fell in love with the creole (A major) (D major) girl
by the (B minor) lakes of Pon (Asus4) chartrain (D major)
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Verse 3
I (D major) said my pretty creole (A major) (D major) girl,
my (B minor) money (Asus4) here is no (D major) good
And if it weren't for the alligator (B minor) (A major)
(D major) s I'd sleep out in the (G major) wood
(D major) You're welcome here, kind (B minor) stranger (D major) ,
my house is very (G major) plain
But we (D major) never (G major) (D major) take a stranger (A major) (D major) out
on the (B minor) banks of Pon (Asus4) chartrain (D major)
Interlude 1
(B minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (A major) (Asus4) (D major)
Verse 4
(D major) I asked her if
she'd (A major) marry (D major) me; She (B minor) said this could (Asus4) never (D major) be
For she had got a (B minor) (D major) lover
and he was far at (G major) sea
(D major) She said that she would (B minor) wait for (D major) him
and true she would re (G major) main
Till (D major) he'd return to his (A major) creole (D major) girl
by the (B minor) lakes of Pon (Asus4) chartrain (D major)
Verse 5
So (D major) fare thee well my (A major) creole (D major) girl,
I (B minor) never may see (Asus4) you (D major) more
But I'll never forget your (B minor) kindness
(A major) (D major) in the cottage by the (G major) shore
And (D major) at each social (B minor) gathering (D major)
a flowing bowl I'll soon (G major) drink
(D major) And l'll drink (G major) a (D major) health to my (A major) creole
(D major) girl by the (B minor) lakes of Pon (G major) (Asus4) chartrain
The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
Celtic Woman
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