{"id":27713,"date":"2025-12-24T16:17:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=27713"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:17:50","slug":"marie-lavaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/marie-lavaux\/","title":{"rendered":"Marie LaVaux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2. Marie Lavaux &#8211; Written by Shel Silverstein<\/p>\n<p>Intro<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span><br \/>\nDown in Lou&#8217;siana where the black trees grow live a voodoo lady named Marie Lavaux<br \/>\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span><br \/>\nShe got a black cat tooth and a mojo bone and anyone wouldn&#8217;t leave her alone<br \/>\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#\">F#<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span><br \/>\nShe go GREEEEEEEEEEEE another man done gone<\/p>\n<p>First Verse<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span><br \/>\nShe live in a swamp in a hollow log with a one eyed snake and a three legged dog<br \/>\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span><br \/>\nShe got a bent bony body and stringy hair and if she ever seen you messin&#8217; round there<br \/>\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#\">F#<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span><br \/>\nShe go GREEEEEEEEEEEE another man done gone<\/p>\n<p>Third Verse<\/p>\n<p>B E B<br \/>\nAnd then one night when the moon was black into the swamp came Handsome Jack<br \/>\nB E F#<br \/>\nA no good man that you all know and he was lookin&#8217; around for Marie Lavaux<br \/>\nF# B<br \/>\nHe said Marie Lavaux you lovely witch why don&#8217;t you gimme a little charm gonna make me rich<br \/>\nB E B<br \/>\nHe said now gimme million dollars and I&#8217;ll tell you what I&#8217;ll do, this very night I&#8217;m gonna<br \/>\nmarry you<br \/>\nB F# B<br \/>\nIt&#8217;ll be GREEEEEEEEEEEE another man done gone<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Verse<\/p>\n<p>B E B<br \/>\nSo Marie did some magic and she shook a little sand, she made a million dollars and she put it<br \/>\nin his hand<br \/>\nE F#<br \/>\nThen she looked and she said hey hey, Now I&#8217;m gettin&#8217; ready for my wedding day<br \/>\nF# B<br \/>\nThen ol&#8217; Handsome Jack said &#8220;Good-bye Marie, you too damn ugly for a man like me&#8221;<br \/>\nB E<br \/>\nSo Marie started cryin&#8217;, her fangs started shakin&#8217;, her body started turnin&#8217;, she started<br \/>\nquakin&#8217;<br \/>\nE F# B<br \/>\nShe said GREEEEEEEEEEEE another man done gone<\/p>\n<p>Outro<\/p>\n<p>B<br \/>\nSo if you ever get down where the black tree grow and meet a voodoo lady named Marie Lavaux<br \/>\nB E<br \/>\nAnd if she ever asks you to make her your wife, man you better stay with her for the rest of<br \/>\nyour life<br \/>\nE F#<br \/>\nOr it&#8217;ll be GREEEEEEEEEEEE&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2. Marie Lavaux &#8211; Written by Shel Silverstein Intro B Down in Lou&#8217;siana where the black trees grow live a voodoo lady named Marie Lavaux B E B She got a black cat tooth and a mojo bone and anyone wouldn&#8217;t leave her alone B F# B She go GREEEEEEEEEEEE &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/marie-lavaux\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marie LaVaux<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor-hook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27714,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27713\/revisions\/27714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}