Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight (Guitar)

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[Intro] G [Verse 1]
G
Mary took to running with a travelin' man

G
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands

       C                   G
Such a sad case, so broken hearted

        G
She say, momma, I got to go, gotta get outta here

G
I gotta get out of town, I'm tired of hanging around

        C                   G
I gotta roll on between the ditches

G
It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go

G                                      C
'Round and around nobody knows but the highway

        G                 C                G
Goes on forever, that ol' highway rolls on forever.
[Verse 2]
         G
Lord, she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk

G
If she hadn't started running with a travelin' man

                     C                   G
If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances

G
She say, daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind

G
Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time

         C                    G
He'll be long gone before you know it

         C                    G
He'll be long gone before you know it.
[Chorus]
        C                             D
She say, never have I known it when it felt so good

C                           G
Never have I knew it when I knew I could

C                            D
Never have I done it when it looked so right

C
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight.
[Verse]
        G
This is down in the swampland, anything goes

G
It's alligator bait and the bars don't close

         C                  G
It's the real thing down in Louisiana

G
Did you ever see a Cajun when he really got mad

G
When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad

        C                G
It gets real hot down in Louisiana

G
The stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed

G
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will

         C                  G
It ain't no time for lengthy speeches

            C                   G
There ain't no time for lengthy speeches.
[Chorus]
        C                             D
She say, never have I known it when it felt so good

C                           G
Never have I knew it when I knew I could

C                            D
Never have I done it when it looked so right

C
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight.
[Verse]
             G
It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go

                                      C
'Round and around nobody knows but the highway

        G                 C                G
Goes on forever, that ol' highway rolls on forever.