Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Lord, Mary took to runnin'
with a travelin' man
Left her momma crying with
her head in her hands
Such a [G]sad case, so broken [D]hearted

[Verse 2]
She [D]say, "Momma, I got to go,
I gotta get out of here
I gotta get out of town,
I'm tired of hangin' around
I gotta [G]roll on between the [D]ditches"

[Verse 3]
It's just [D]an ordinary story
'bout the way things goes
Round and around, nobody knows
But the [G]highway goes on [D]forever
That old [G]highway rolls on forever
[D]

[Verse 4]
Lord, she never would've done
it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started runnin'
with a travelin' man
If she [G]hadn't started takin'
those crazy [D]chances

[Verse 5]
[D]
She say, "Daughter,
let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind
Everywhere he's goin',
such a very short time
He'll be [G]long gone before you know [D]it
He'll be [G]long gone before
you know [D]it"

[Verse 6]
[D]
She say, [Bm]"Never have I known
it when it [A]felt so good
[G]Never have I knew it when I [D]knew I could
[Bm]Never have I done it when
it [A]looked so right
[G]Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight"

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
This is [D]down in the swampland
where anything goes
It's alligator bait and
the bars don't close
It's [G]the real thing down in Louisiana
[D]

[Verse 8]
Did you ever see a Cajun
when he really got mad
When he really got trouble
like a daughter gone bad
It gets [G]real hot down in [D]Louisiana

[Verse 9]
[D]
And now the stranger better move
it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
It ain't [G]no time for lengthy [D]speeches
There ain't [G]no time for
lengthy speeches
[D]

[Verse 10]
She say, [Bm]"Never have I known
it when it [A]felt so good
[G]Never have I knew it when I knew I [D]could
[Bm]Never have I done it when
it [A]looked so right
[G]Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight"

[Verse 11]
[G]
She say, [Bm]"Never have I known
it when it [A]felt so good
[G]Never have I knew it when I [D]knew I could
[Bm]Never have I done it when
it [A]looked so right
[G]Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight"

[Verse 12]
[G]
It's just an [D]ordinary story
'bout the way things go
Round and around, nobody knows
But the [G]highway goes on [D]forever
There ain't [G]no way to stop the [D]wa ter
[D]