Leaving Louisiana by Emmylou Harris #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 06:03:15 GMT From: Rick L Subject: CRD: Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight Emmylou Harris Chords/Lyrics Emmylou Harris Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight written by Rodney Crowell Rick Danko fiddle/vocals Garth Hudson accordion Albert Lee guitar/mandolin Glen D Hardin piano Hank Devito steel guitar Emory Gordy bass John Ware drums B Lord Mary took to running with a travelin man Left her momma crying with her head in her hands E B Such a sad case so broken hearted B She say momma I got to go I gotta get out of here I gotta get out of town I'm tired of hanging around E B I gotta roll on between the ditches B It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go Round and round nobody knows E B But the highway goes on forever E B That old highway rolls on forever B Lord she never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk If she hadn't started running with a traveling man E B If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances B She say daughter let me tell you bout the traveling kind Eveywhere he's going such a very short time E B He'll be long gone before you know it E B He'll be long gone before you know it G#m F# She say never have I known it when it felt so good E B Never have I knew it when I knew I could G#m F# Never have I done it when it looked so right E Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight SOLO B This is down in the swampland anything goes It's alligator bait and the bars don't close E B It's the real thing down in Louisiana B Did you ever a cajun when he really got mad Really got trouble like a daughter gone bad E B It gets real hot down in Louisiana B The stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will E B It ain't no time for lengthy speaches E B There ain't no time for lengthy speaches G#m F# She say never have I known it when it felt so good E B Never have I knew it when I knew I could G#m F# Never have I done it when it looked so right E Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight G#m F# She say never have I known it when it felt so good E B Never have I knew it when I knew I could G#m F# Never have I done it when it looked so right E Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight E Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight B It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go Round and round nobody knows E B But the highway goes on forever E B That ain't no way to stop the water E B E B E B From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cents Down" Warner Brothers Records 1978 Tessa Publishing Company(BMI) www.TAB6.com