Chord Lakes Of Pontchartrain

oleh 

alternatively ,  you could use Bm7 instead of Em ,  which isn’t how it is in the 
actual song ,  but sounds quite good . 

       G      D          Em
it was on one fine march morning
C      G         D       G
when i bid new orleans adieu . 
          G      D       Em      C
and i was on the road to jackson town , 
   G        D    C
my fortunes to renew . 
  G          D         Em     C
i cursed all foreign money , 
   G      D       C
no credit could i gain , 
      G         D          Em
which filled my heart with longing
C       G        D       G
for the lakes of pontchartrain . 
i sat on board A railway car
beneath the morning sun , 
and i rode the rails ’til evening
when i lay me down again . 
all strangers there no friends to me , 
’til A dark girl towards me came , 
and i fell in love with A creole girl
on the lakes of pontchartrain . 
i said ,  ’my pretty creole girl , 
my money here’s no good . 
if it weren’t for the alligators
i would sleep out in the woods . ’
’you’re welcome here ,  kind stranger . 
our house is very plain , 
but we never turn A stranger out
on the lakes of pontchartrain . ’
she took me up to her mama’s house , 
and treated me right well . 
he hair upon her shoulders
in jet - black ringlets fell . 
to try to paint her beauty
i’m sure ’twould be in vain , 
so handsome was my creole girl
on the lakes of pontchartrain . 
i asked her would she marry me , 
but she said it never would be , 
for she had got A lover
and he was off at sea . 
she said that she would wait for him , 
and faithful she’d remain , 
waiting for her sailor
on the lakes of pontchartrain . 
so fare you well ,  my bonny ol’ girl . 
i may never see you no more , 
but i won’t forget your kindness
in that cottage by the shore . 
at every social gathering
A golden glass i’ll drain , 
and i’ll drink A health to the creole girl
on the lakes of pontchartrain .