Sunset On Louisianne

Intro:
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G                                 
When I was young and full of 
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dreams,
G                               C
My whole life in front of me.
C                               G
But things are not always the way 
they seem,
G                               D
Some dreams just don’t come true.


G                                 
Futures so bright so everyone said
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G                               C
Made more money than my poppa ever 
did
C                       G
He was the answer for which I’d 
prayed
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When the industry comes to town.


 G                                 
Married a girl from Poetry Bridge,
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G                       C
Raised a family of Cajun kids,
C                       G
Nobody did no better than we did,
G                       D
But things can always change.

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My pappa'd been a trapper living 
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hand to mouth,
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But when I made shop foreman, I 
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had it all figured out,
C                       G
I thanked god each and everyday
C       D      Cadd9
When the industry came to town.


Chorus
Cadd9         G
Sunset on Louisianne,
C                               D
The sun going down on the promised 
land,
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I’ve given you everything I can,
C       D      Cadd9
I’ve got nothing left to lose.

G                                 
My sister lost her baby premature,
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G                                 
And my papa got the sickness that 
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got no cure,
C                       G
What they told us about it at the 
plant,
G                       D
We could not be sure.

G                                 
My boy went to College down in 
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Baton Rouge
G                                 
Came back talkin' bout the old 
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Bayou
C                       G
Sure the fish don’t bite like they 
used to
C       D      Cadd9
Since the industry come to town


Chorus
Cadd9         G
Sunset on Louisianne,
C                               D
The sun going down on the promised 
land,
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I’ve given you everything I can,
C       D      Cadd9
I’ve got nothing left to lose.


Bridge:
C                               G
 Smokestacks burning on the river,
Am                              D
From New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
C                       G
How can I go on believing ?
F                       D
When they won’t tell me the truth.

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I take my grand son fishing down 
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at Campania Pass,
G                             
I hope some of this beauty will 
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last,
C                       G
But, lord, it’s changing so damn 
fast…
G                       D
Each and every day.

G                             
I love the river and I love the 
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swamp,
G                         
The snowy egret and the old 
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bullfrog,
C                       G
But they’re harder to find one and 
all
C       D      Cadd9
Since the industry came to town.


Chorus
Cadd9         G
Sunset on Louisianne,
C                               D
The sun going down on the promised 
land,
Cadd9                   G
I’ve given you everything I can,
C       D      C
Since the Industry come to town…
C       D      C
Since the Industry… Come…  To town