Sunset On Louisianne
Key: CEnglish
Intro
G C(add9) G C(add9) G C(add9) G C(add9)
Verse
GWhen I was young and full of dreams C(add9)
GMy whole life in front of me. C
CBut things are not always the way Gthey seem
GSome dreams just don't come true. D
GFutures so bright so everyone said C(add9)
GMade more money than my poppa Cever did
CHe was the answer for Gwhich I'd prayed
CWhen the DindusC(add9)try comes to town.
Verse
GMarried a girl from Poetry Bridge C(add9)
GRaised a family of Cajun Ckids
CNobody did no better than Gwe did
GBut things can always Dchange.
GMy pappa'd been a trapper living hand to mouth C(add9)
GBut when I made shop foreman I had it Call figured out
I Cthanked God each and Geveryday
CWhen the DindusC(add9)try came to town.
Chorus
C(add9)Sunset on GLouisianne
CThe sun going down on the Dpromised land
C(add9)I've given you everything GI can
CI've got Dnothing C(add9)left to lose.
Verse
GMy sister lost her baby premature C(add9)
GAnd my papa got the sickness that got no Ccure
CWhat they told us about Git at the plant
GWe could not be sure. D
GMy boy went to College down in Baton C(add9)Rouge
GCame back talkin' bout the old Bayou C
CSure the fish don't bite Glike they used to
CSince the DindusC(add9)try come to town
Chorus
C(add9)Sunset on GLouisianne
CThe sun going down on the Dpromised land
C(add9)I've given you everything GI can
CI've got Dnothing C(add9)left to lose.
Bridge
CSmokestacks burning on the river G
AmFrom New Orleans to Baton Rouge. D
CHow can I go on believing G
FWhen they won't tell me Dthe truth.
Verse
I Gtake my grandson fishing down at C(add9)Campania Pass
I Ghope some of this beauty will Clast
CBut lord it's changing Gso damn fast
GEach and every day. D
I Glove the river and I love the swamp C(add9)
GThe snowy egret and the old Cbullfrog
CBut they're harder to Gfind one and all
CSince the DindusC(add9)try came to town.
Chorus
C(add9)Sunset on GLouisianne
CThe sun going down on the Dpromised land
C(add9)I've given you everything GI can
CSince the DindusCtry come to town
CSince the DindusCtry come to town