Ludo - Lake Pontchatrain Chords

Intro - x2 -: Am0       E1        C2       G3
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2I'll tell it like it happened, it was Darius and Noland and me,
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3Just a few po' boys trying to get up out of Missouri.
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4Took 55 to Louisiana, stopped down by the highway to eat.
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5They both had crawfish. Strictly chicken for me.
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6Back out under thunderheads, the radio was Southern soul.
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7They interrupted Clarence Carter with a strange-ass local show.
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8They were sayin'...
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11"Come down to Lake Pontchartrain.
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12Rest your soul and feed your brain.
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13That's where you will get to see
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14Everything the water can be."
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17The rain was comin' down, the wind was howlin' outside of Slidell.
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18It was the kind of night that makes you think the whole world's goin' to hell.
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19We got off on an exit 'cause we couldn't read the map so great.
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20Near the Choctaw Motel, we parked to deliberate,
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21When out of the bayou came a man like the lake had a tongue.
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22He was right up on the glass, all yellow-eyed, black teeth, bangin' on the windshield,
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23Screamin' like a demon at the top of his lungs,
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     Am39                    E40
25"Come down to Lake Pontchartrain.
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26Rest your soul and feed your brain.
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27Free for you and all your friends.
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28Crawfish 'til the bitter end.
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29Come down to Lake Pontchartrain.
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30Wade to where the shallows break.
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31That's where you will get to see
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32Everything the water can be."
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34I was drivin' out of there as fast as a Camry could,
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35But the interstate was flooded, so I had to take the road through the woods.
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36Bad move in retrospect; the road disappeared in the rain,
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37And I stood on the brakes when I saw the sign:
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38"Lake Pontchartrain..."
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40Darius was yelling that he saw somebody out in the swells;
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41He jumped out, runnin', and Noland was goin' as well.
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42"Come back!" Why the hell would they leave the car?
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43And that's when I heard it, make no mistake -
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44The voices were calling them from under the lake...
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47"Come down to Lake Pontchartrain...
48Come down to Lake Pontchartrain...
49Come down to Lake Pontchartrain...
50Come down to Lake Pontchartrain..."
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52The crawfish were screaming, the waves danced in time.
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53My friends went in deeper; the water, it climbed.
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54I watched in terror; the lake opened wide,
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55And horribly roaring, it pulled them inside.
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56That's how it happened! Why would I lie?
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57There were no bodies, I've got none to hide.
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58I'm just a poor boy, lost his friends in the rain.
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59Any more questions, just go and ask Lake Pontchartrain.
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Outro: Am87     G88          C89    Am90