Intro:
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G                                       Cadd9
When I was young and full of dreams,  
G                               C
My whole life in front of me.  
C                               G
But things are not always the way they seem,  
G                               D
Some dreams just don’t come true.   


G                                       Cadd9
Futures so bright so everyone said
G                               C
Made more money than my poppa ever did
C                       G
He was the answer for which I’d prayed 
C       D      Cadd9
When the industry comes to town.   


 G                                      Cadd9
Married a girl from Poetry Bridge,  
G                       C
Raised a family of Cajun kids,  
C                       G
Nobody did no better than we did,  
G                       D
But things can always change.   

G                                               Cadd9
My pappa'd been a trapper living hand to mouth,  
G                                       C
But when I made shop foreman, I had it all figured out,  
C                       G
I thanked god each and everyday 
C       D      Cadd9
When the industry came to town. 


Chorus
Cadd9         G
Sunset on Louisianne,  
C                               D              
The sun going down on the promised land, 
Cadd9                   G
I’ve given you everything I can,  
C       D      Cadd9
I’ve got nothing left to lose.   

G                                       Cadd9
My sister lost her baby premature,  
G                                       C      
And my papa got the sickness that got no cure,  
C                       G      
What they told us about it at the plant,  
G                       D
We could not be sure.   

G                                       Cadd9
My boy went to College down in Baton Rouge
G                                       C
Came back talkin' bout the old Bayou
C                       G
Sure the fish don’t bite like they used to
C       D      Cadd9
Since the industry come to town


Chorus
Cadd9         G
Sunset on Louisianne,  
C                               D              
The sun going down on the promised land, 
Cadd9                   G
I’ve given you everything I can,  
C       D      Cadd9
I’ve got nothing left to lose.


Bridge:  
C                               G
 Smokestacks burning on the river,  
Am                              D
From New Orleans to Baton Rouge.  
C                       G
How can I go on believing ?
F                       D
When they won’t tell me the truth.   

G                                       Cadd9
I take my grand son fishing down at Campania Pass,  
G                               C
I hope some of this beauty will last,
C                       G
But, lord, it’s changing so damn fast… 
G                       D
Each and every day.

G                                       Cadd9
I love the river and I love the swamp,  
G                               C
The snowy egret and the old bullfrog,  
C                       G
But they’re harder to find one and all 
C       D      Cadd9
Since the industry came to town.


Chorus
Cadd9         G
Sunset on Louisianne,  
C                               D              
The sun going down on the promised land, 
Cadd9                   G
I’ve given you everything I can,  
C       D      C
Since the Industry come to town…
C       D      C
Since the Industry… Come…  To town