The Seekers - Louisiana Man

      
 
 Louisiana Man:The Seekers.
 Released in 1966/'67.
 
 INTRO:
 Dm                                 
 Oh, yeah, Cajun man, do all he can,
 F                          C         F   G 
 gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
 
 #1.
    C                                 Am7            
 At birth, Mama 'n' Papa called their little boy Ned.
 C                              G     C   
 Raised him on the banks of the river bed.
 C                     Am7            
 A houseboat tied to a big, tall tree,
   C                       G        C  
 A home for my Mama and my Papa and me.
     C                         Am7               
 The clock strikes three, Papa jumps to his feet,
   C                         G            C   
 already Mama's cookin' Papa somethin' to eat.
    C                       Am7         
 At half-past, Papa, he's a-ready to go,
    C                            G        C     
 He jumps in his pirogue, headed down the bayou.
 
 CHORUS:
            F                                            
 He's got a fishin' line strung across a Louisiana river,
 F                          C     F   
 gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.
    F                                                      
 He sets his traps in the swamps, catches anything he can..
 F                          C         F   
 Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
 F                          C         F   
 Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
     Dm                             
 Oh, yeah, Cajun man, do all he can,
 F                          C         F   G 
 gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
 
 #2.
      C                     Am7         
 They call Mama Rita and my Daddy, Jack.
     C                          G        C    
 The little baby brother on the floor is Mack.
 C                     Am7          
 Bryn and Lynn are the family twins,
 C                       G         C   
 Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'.
 C                         Am7            
 On the river float Papa's great big boat,
 C                       G    C    
 that's how my Papa goes into town.
 C                      Am7          
 Takes every bit of the night and day
 C                               G      C    
 to even reach a place where the people stay.
 
 CHORUS:
            F                                            
 He's got a fishin' line strung across a Louisiana river,
 F                          C     F   
 gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.
    F                                                      
 He sets his traps in the swamps, catches anything he can..
 F                          C         F   
 Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
 F                          C         F   
 Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
 #3.
 C                      Am7                   
 I can hardly wait 'til tomorrow comes 'round.
 C                                G       C    
 That's the day my Papa takes his furs to town.
 C                       Am7           
 Papa said, 'Son, we got lines to run.'
 C                                  G          C     
 We come back again, 'cause there's work to be done.'
 
 CHORUS:
            F                                            
 He's got a fishin' line strung across a Louisiana river,
 F                          C     F   
 gotta catch a big fish for us to eat.
    F                                                      
 He sets his traps in the swamps, catches anything he can..
 F                          C         F   
 Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
 F                          C         F   
 Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
     Dm                             
 Oh, yeah, Cajun man, do all he can,
 F                          C         F   
 gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
 F                          C         F   
 gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
 
 
 A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.