Jolie Louise

C    x3201x
G    32003x
G/B  x2003x
Am   x02210
F    x3321x
Capo 3rd fret
- Chords are in the key of the studio release on the album, “Acadie”
- Lanois performs live in a higher key - see note at bottom for capo adjustments

Intro

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G  G/B  C   G   C

Verse 1

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Ma jolie, how do you do, mon nom est Jean-Guy Thibault Leroux
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I come from east of Gatineau, my name is Jean-Guy, ma jolie
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J'ai une maison à Lafontaine, where we can live if you marry me
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Une belle maison à Lafontaine, where we will live, you and me
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Oh Louise, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ma jolie Louise

Verse 2

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Tous les matins au soleil, I will work 'til work is done
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Tous les matins au soleil, I did work 'til work was done
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And one day, the foreman said, "Jean-Guy, we must let you go"
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Et puis mon nom, n’est pas bon, at the mill anymore
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Oh Louise, I'm losing my head, I'm losing my head

Verse 3

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My kids are small, four and three, et la bouteille, she's mon amie
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I drink the rum 'til I can't see, it hides the shame Louise does not see
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A carousel turns in my head, and I can't hide, oh no, no, no, no
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And the rage turned in my head, and Louise, I struck her down
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Down on the ground, I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my mind

Verse 4

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En Septembre soixante-trois, kids are gone and so is Louise
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Ontario they did go, near la ville de Toronto
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Now my tears they roll down, tous les jours, whoa-oh-oh-oh
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And I remember the days and the promises that we made
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Oh Louise, ma jolie Louise, ma jolie Louise
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Ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Verse 4

For live versions, move capo to the following positions:
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