E
[Verse]
A E
Oh, Louisiana, I stayed away from you too long
A E
Oh, Louisiana, how can a true love go so wrong?
B
She put me in shame and in sorrow and I come home tomorrow
E
Oh, Louisiana
[Verse 2]
A E
Oh, Louisiana, yeah, yeah, Creole baby, Cajun queens
A E
Quaint porches and windows, filet de gumbo, the Basin beans
B
Your beautiful Delta and bayous in greens
E
Oh, Louisiana
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[Verse 3]
A E
Oh, Louisiana, yea-e-e, yea, I'm flying on Delta Nine-o-three
A E
Right over St. Louis, high over Memphis, Tennessee
B
On southward to the sea, where I long to be
E
Oh, Louisiana
[Verse 4]
A E
Oh, o, Louisiana, yea, yea, them Yankee nights are cold and long
A E
Oh, Louisiana, she broke my heart and wrecked my home
B
She shamed me in sorrow, to face my tomorrow
E
Oh, take me back, oh, Louisiana
