Love this traditional Irish song. I picked these chords out by ear to the version of the song by Deanta, which can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNn0iRA0f3M G [320033] Cadd9 [032033] D/F# [200233] Em7 [022033] Capo 6 G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F#Em7 (200232@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) G'Twas (320003@1)on one bright March mornin' I bid New Orleans adieu G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9And (x32030@1)I took the road to Jackson town, me fortune to renew Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1)D/F# (200232@1) Em7 D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9I (x32030@1)cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GWhich (320003@1)filled me heart with longing for the lakes of Pontchartrain G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GI (320003@1)stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sun G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9I (x32030@1)rode the road 'til evening and I laid me down again Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9All (x32030@1)strangers there, no friends to me, 'til a dark girl towards me came G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I fell in love with a Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1)D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GI (320003@1)said, "My pretty Creole girl, me money here's no good G (320003@1) D/F#Em7 (200232@1)Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9If (x32030@1)it weren't for the alligators, I'd sleep out in the wood" Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9"You're (x32030@1)welcome here, kind stranger, our house, it's very plain G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GBut (320003@1)we never turn a stranger out from the lakes of Pontchartrain" G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GShe (320003@1)took me to her mammy's house and treated me right well G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9G D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9The (x32030@1)hair upon her shoulders in jet-black ringlets fell Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9To (x32030@1)try and paint her beauty, I'm sure 'twould be in vain G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GSo (320003@1)handsome was my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I asked her if she'd marry me, she'd said it could never be G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1)Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9For (x32030@1)she had got another, and he was far at sea Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9She (x32030@1)said that she would wait for him and true she would remain G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) G'Til (320003@1)he returned for his Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GSo (320003@1)fare thee well, me bonny own girl, I never will see no more G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9But (x32030@1)I'll ne'er forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 D/F# (200232@1) Cadd9And (x32030@1)at each social gathering a flowing glass I'll raise G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) D/F# (200232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I'll drink a health to me Creole girl and the lakes of Pontchartrain Enjoy! 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