Вступление The Coronas' Version of the song made famous in my eyes by Paul Brady and also Bob Dylan Standard Tuning Capo 4th Fret [Verse 1] G C G D Em C D G It was one fine March morning I bid New Orleans adieu G D Em D G D G C And I took the road to Jackson town, my fortune to renew G D Em D G D G C I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain G C G D Em C D G Which filled my heart with longing for the lakes of Pontchartrain [Verse 2] G C G D Em C D G I stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sun G D Em D G D G C I rode the roads till evening and I laid me down again G D Em D G D G C No friends to me all strangers till a dark girl towards me came G C G D Em C D G And I fell in love with my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain [Verse 3] G C G D Em C D G I said My pretty Creole girl, my money here's no good G D Em D G D G C If it weren't for all the alligators, I'd sleep out in the woods G D Em D G D G C She said You're welcome here, kind stranger, our house is very plain G C G D Em C D G But we never turned a stranger away by the lakes of Pontchartrain [Verse 4] G C G D Em C D G She took me to her Mammy's house, and treated me right well G D Em D G D G C The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell G D Em D G D G C To try and paint her beauty, I'm sure it would be in vain G C G D Em C D G So handsome was my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain [Verse 5] G C G D Em C D G I asked her if she'd marry me, She said it would never be G D Em D G D C For she had got a lover and he was far at sea G D Em D G D G C She said that she would wait for him and true she would remain G C G D Em C D G Till he'd return to his Creole girl on the lakes of Pontchartrain [Verse 6] G C G D Em C D G Its fare thee well, me Creole girl, may I never see you more G D Em D G D G C I'll never forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore G D Em D G D G C And at each social gathering, a flowing bowl I'll drain G C G D Em C D G And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain
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