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Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight - Oakridge Boys - 60 bpm
C
Mary took to
running with a
traveling
man,
C
left her momma
crying with her
head in her
hands
Such a
F
sad
case
so
broken
C
hearted
She said
C
momma I got to
go I gotta
get out of
here,
I gotta
C
get out of
town I'm tired of
hanging a
round
I gotta
F
roll
on
be
tween the
C
ditches
It's just an
C
ordinary
story bout the
way things
go,
C
round and
round no
body
knows
But the
F
high
way
goes
on for
C
ever
That old
F
high
way
goes
on for
C
ever
Lord she
C
never would have
done it if she
hadn't got
drunk, if she
C
hadn't started
running with a
traveling
man
If she
F
hadn't started
taking
those
crazy
C
chances
She said
C
daughter let me
tell you bout the
traveling
kind,
everywhere he's
going such a
very short
time
He'll be
F
long
gone
be
fore you
C
know it
He'll be
F
long
gone
be
fore you
C
know it
Am
Never have I
done it when it
G
felt so
good.
F
Never have I
known it when I
C
knew I
could
Am
Never have I
done it when it
G
looked so
right,
F
leaving Louisi
ana in the
broad day
light
This is
C
down in the
swampland
anything
goes,
it's
C
alligator
bait and the
bars don't
close
It's the
F
real
thing
down in
Louisi
C
ana
Did you
C
ever see a
Cajun when he
really got
mad,
when he
C
really got
trouble like a
daughter gone
bad
It gets
F
real
hot
down in
Louisi
C
ana
C
Stranger better
move it or he's
gonna get
killed,
C
Gonna have to
get it or a
shotgun
will
It ain't
F
no
time
for
lame
C
speeches
It ain't
F
no
time
for
lame
C
speeches