The Lakes Of Pontchartrain Uke tab by Christy Moore

4 Chords used in the song: G, D, Em, C

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Key: G, EmChords
G G      D D            Em Em   C C
It was on one bright March morning
G G D D G G
I bid New Orleans adieu
G G D D Em Em C C
And I took the road to Jackson town,
G G D D C C
My fortune to renew
G G D D Em Em C C
I cursed all foreign money
G G D D C C
No credit could I gain
G G D D Em Em C C
Which filled my heart with longing for



G G D D G G
The lakes of Pontchartrain
G G D D Em Em C C
I stepped on board of a railroad car
G G D D G G
Beneath the morning sun
G G D D Em Em C C
And I rode the rods till evening
G G D D C C
And I laid me down again
G G D D Em Em C C
All strangers there, no friends to me,
G G D D C C
'Til a dark girl towards me came,
G G D D Em Em C C
And I fell in love with a Creole girl
G G D D G G
By the lakes of Pontchartrain


G G D D Em Em C C
I said 'My pretty Creole girl,
G G D D G G
My money here's no good.
G G D D Em Em C C
And if it weren't for the alligators
G G D D C C
I would sleep out in the wood'
G G D D Em Em C C
'You're welcome here, kind stranger,
G G D D C C
Our house is very plain.
G G D D Em Em C C
And we never turned a stranger out
G G D D G G
On the lakes of Pontchartrain'



G G D D Em Em C C
She took me into her mammy's house
G G D D G G
And treated me right well.
G G D D Em Em C C
The hair upon her shoulders
G G D D C C
In jet black ringlets fell.
G G D D Em Em C C
To try to paint her beauty,
G G D D C C
I'm sure would be in vain,
G G D D Em Em C C
So handsome was my Creole girl
G G D D G G
By the lakes of Pontchartrain



G G D D Em Em C C
I asked her would she marry me,
G G D D G G
She said 'This could never be'.
G G D D Em Em C C
For she had got a lover
G G D D C C
And he was far at sea.
G G D D Em Em C C
She said that she would wait for him
G G D D C C
And true she would remain,
G G D D Em Em C C
'Til he returned to his Creole girl
G G D D G G
On the lakes of Pontchartrain



G G D D Em Em C C
So fare thee well, my Creole girl
G G D D G G
I never may see you more
G G D D Em Em C C
But I'll never forget your kindness
G G D D C C
In the cottage by the shore
G G D D Em Em C C
And at each social gathering
G G D D C C
A A flowing glass I'll drain
G G D D Em Em C C
And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl
G G D D G G
By the lakes of Pontchartrain

Uke tab by , 31 May 2018

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