{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1873030,"song":"Louisiana Man","artist":"Ricky Nelson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11419558-louisiana-man-chords-by-ricky-nelson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1873030?type=chord","rating":4.87502,"votes":7,"content":"Louisiana Man: Ricky Nelson\r\nAlbum - Bright Lights And Country Music -\r\non ACE Records in 1966\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO:\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt first mom and papa called their little boy, Ned.[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey raised him on the banks of a riverbed.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nA houseboat tied to a big tall tree, a home for [/tab]\r\n\r\nmy mama and my papa and me.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nalready mama's cooking papa somethin' to eat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt half past, papa he's a ready to go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRiver..gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's settin' his traps, catchin' anything he can.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           \r\nGotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMuskrat hides hangin' by the dozen, even got a [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlittle baby muskrat cousin.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGot 'em out dryin' in the hot, hot sun, tomorrow [/tab]\r\n\r\nPapa's gonna turn 'em into mon.\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey call mama Rita and my daddy Jack, my little [/tab]\r\n\r\nbaby brother on the floor, that's Mac.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nRed and Len are the family twins, big brother Ed's [/tab]\r\n\r\non the bayou fishin'.\r\n\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the river floats papa's great big boat, that's [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhow me and papa go into town.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt takes every bit of a night and day to even reach [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe place where the people stay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n#5.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can hardly wait tomorrow comes around, that's the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nday my Poppa takes the furs to town.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPapa promised me that I could go, he even let me see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\na cowboy show.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time, then.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI told my Papa, got to go again.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPapa said,  son, we got lines to run, we'll come back [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nagain cause there's work to be done.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRiver..gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's settin' his traps, catchin' anything he can.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           \r\nGotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGotta make a livin', he's a Louisiana man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Louisiana Man: Ricky Nelson\nAlbum - Bright Lights And Country Music -\non ACE Records in 1966\n\n\nINTRO:\nC#m D A D\n\n#1.\n\n\nThey raised him on the banks of a riverbed.\n\n\nmy mama and my papa and me.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\nPapa's gonna turn 'em into mon.\n\n\nINTERLUDE:\nD A D  D A D\n\n\n#3.\n\n\nbaby brother on the floor, that's Mac.\n\n\non the bayou fishin'.\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE:\nD A D  D A D\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\nD A D  D A D\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["C#m","D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}