Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight - Oakridge Boys

[C]Mary took to running with a traveling man
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 get out of town I'm tired of hanging around
I gotta [F]roll on between the [C]ditches

It's just an [C]ordinary story bout the way things go
Round and round nobody knows
But the [F]highway goes on for[C]ever
That old [F]highway goes on for[C]ever

Lord she [C]never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she 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 before you [C]know it
He'll be [F]long gone before 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 Louisiana in the broad daylight

This is [C]down in the swampland anything goes
It's 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 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
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

[repeat chorus]