Lakes Of Ponchartrain Acoustic chords by Traditional

• Capo on 7th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
 C    Em      F    C    G  C
Twas on a bright may morning I made my weary way

C         Em  F     C   Em    F
through swamps of alligators my tired feet did stray
C      Em   F    C     Em    F
till I resolved at sunset some higher ground to win
   C   Em    F        C  G   C
twas there I met a creole girl by the Lakes of Pontchartain

Verse 2:

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I said, "please help me Creole girl, my money here's no good
C           Em F    C      Em      F
If it weren't for the alligators I would sleep out in the woods."
C      Em       F         C    Em    F
"You're welcome here kind stranger though our house be very plain
  C     Em    F         C     G   C
But we never turned a stranger out on the Lakes of Pontchartrain."

Verse 3:

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She took me out to her mother's house and treated me right well
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The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell
C      Em   F    C    Em     F
I try scribe her beauty but my words they are in vain
  C     Em    F         C  G   C
So handsome was that Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

Verse 4:

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I asked her if she'd marry me she said it couldn't be
C      Em    F      C   Em  F
because she loved another who is far away at sea
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She said that she would wait for him and faithful she'd remain
 C   Em    F      C    G   C
Waiting for her sailor on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

Verse 5:

  C   Em      F  C     C    G    C
So fair thee well my bonny girl, you'll never see me more
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But I won't forget your kindness in that cottage by the shore
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And at every social gathering a shining glass I'll raise
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And I'll drink a health to the Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain