Leavin Louisiana In The Broad Daylight

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[C] Lord Mary took to running with a travelin man.  Left her momma crying with her head in her hands.  [F] Such a sad case so broken [C] hearted.

She say [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 roll [F] 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 [C] forever.   That old [F] highway rolls on [C] forever.

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 say [C] daughter let me tell you bout the traveling kind.  Eveywhere 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.

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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 [C] Louisiana. 

Did you [C] ever a Cajun when he really got mad?  Like when he got trouble like a daughter gone bad.  It [F] gets real hot down in [C] Louisiana.

The [C] stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed.  He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will.  It ain't no [F] time for lengthy [C] speeches.   There ain't no [F] time for lengthy [C] speeches.

{ CHORUS 1 }  She say [Am] never have I known it when it [G] felt so good.   [F] Never have I knew 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.

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

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