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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




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