Album: Acadie (1989)
JOLIE LOUISE (Daniel Lanois)
C G G7
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III
CAPO III
One...Two...Three
INTRO : | C | C | G | C |
C %
Ma jolie, how do you do?
G C
Mon nom est Jean-Guy Thibault-Leroux
C %
I come from east of Gatineau
G C
My name is Jean-Guy, ma jolie
G7 % G7
J'ai une maison a Lafontaine
C %
Where we can live, if you marry me
G7 % | C
Une belle maison a Lafontaine
Am F G |
Where we will live, you and me
| C G | C G | C C
Oh Louise, O.o.o.oh ma jolie Louise
C
Tous les matins au soleil
G C
I will work 'til work is done
C %
Tous les matins au soleil
G C
I did work 'til work was done
G7 %
And one day, the foreman said
C %
"Jean-Guy, we must let you go"
G7 %
Et pis mon nom, y est pas bon
Am F
At the mill anymore...
| C G | C G |
Oh Louise, I'm losing my head, I'm losing my head
Am F
Rhythmique
Mise en page: Yvan Rajotte, 2013.01.17
C
My kids are small, 4 and 3
G C
Et la bouteille, she's mon ami
C %
I drink the rhum 'tilI I can't see
G C
It hides the shame Louise does not see
G7 %
Carousel turns in my head,
C %
And I can't hide, oh no, no, no, no
%
And the rage turned in my head
Am F
And Louise, I struck her down,
Down on the ground
C G | C C
I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my mind
C
En Septembre '63
G C
Kids are gone, and so is Louise.
C %
Ontario, they did go
G C
Near la ville de Toronto
G7 %
Now my tears, they roll down,
C %
Tous les jours, Han.han.han.han
G7 %
And I remember the days,
Am F
And the promises that we made
| C G | C G | C %
Oh Louise, ma jolie Louise, ma jolie Louise
C C
C G C
Han.han.han... Han.han.han.han.