Bonnie Raitt – Louise (Guitar)

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(This song was originally written by Paul Seibel. I rated this as intermediate because it really needs a controlled fingerpicking style and the F#m barre can be tricky to get right, but everything else about the song is easy for a novice.) VERSE 1
A                                 B7                 D              E                A
They all said Louise was not half bad.        It was written on the walls and window shades

A                             B7                      D               E                     A
And how she'd act the little girl.              The deceiver, don't believe her, that's her trade.
CHORUS 1
D            E           A                    D             E          A
Sometimes a bottle of perfume,                 Flowers, and maybe some lace.

D           E               F#m                        B7                     E
Men brought Louise ten-cent trinkets.          Their intentions were easily traced.
VERSE 2
      A                          B7                      D        E           A
Ahhh, everybody thought it kinda sad           When they found Louise in her room.

       A                            B7                    D              E              A
They'd all put her down below their kind,      Still some cried when she died this afternoon.
CHORUS 2
D           E           A                                    D        E          A
Louise rode home on the mail train,         Somewhere to the South, I heard them say.

D         E         F#m                             B7                         E
Too bad it ended so ugly.                           Too bad she had to go that way.
OUTRO
A                              B7                 D       E         A
But the wind is blowing cold tonight.        Goodnight, Louise, goodnight.

C-master, 25 April 2014