Buck Owens and the Buckaroos – Louisiana Man (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]

C
At first mom and papa called little boy Ned

                                    G7    C
They raised him on the banks of the river bed

A houseboat tied to a big tall tree

                          G7       C
A home for my mama and my papa and me

[Verse 2]

C
The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet

                            G7           C
Already mama's cooking papa something to eat

At half past papa he's ready to go

                              G7         C
He hops in his pirogue headed down the bayou

[Verse 3]

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They got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana River

                           C     F
Gonna catch a big fish for us to eat

They're setting traps in the swamp catching everything he can

                           C         F
Gonna make a living he's a Louisiana man

                           C         F
Gonna make a living he's a Louisiana man

[Verse 4]

C
Muskrat hides a hanging by the dozen

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Even got a lady make a muskrat's cousin

Pile of hide drying in the hot hot sun

                                G7   C
Tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon

[Verse 5]

C
They call my mama Rita and my daddy Jack

                             G7           C
A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac

Brynn and Lynn are the family twins

                        G7    C
Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing

[Verse 6]

C
On the river floats papa's great big boat

                   G7        C
That's how my papa goes into town

Makes every bit of the night and the day

                                    G7     C
Then ever reach the place where the people stay

[Verse 7]

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I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around

                                 C       F
That's the day my papa takes his furs to town

Papa promised me that I could go

                 C      F
Even gonna see a cowboy show

[Verse 8]

C
I see the cowboys and Indians for the first time then

              G7       C
Told my pappy gotta go again

Papa said son we got the lines to run

                                    G7         C
We'll come back again first there's work to be done

[Verse 9]

         F
They got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana River

                           C     F
Gonna catch a big fish for us to eat

They're setting traps in the swamp catching everything he can

                           C         F
Gonna make a living he's a Louisiana man

                           C         F
Gonna make a living he's a Louisiana man