Lake of Pontchartrain (or...Lilly of west)

[ODH]

I really like this.  Dripping with atmosphere.

Great job.

[Hilary]

A charming version JP, well done.

[kenny mac]

 lovely sweet playing there,you did a good job with the lyrics as well.
I've never experimented with different turnings perhaps it's time to try 
Well played,a job well done.

[Jean Pierre]

FFFFAAAAANNNNTTTTAAASSSSTTTIIIICCC !!!! DADF"AD nice tuning

Sorry Chunk I had not read the second page of comment on your post:https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=17176.0

(after the question of Alfstone or you explain which car tuning is used)

And thank you for the joined tab  the low tone of this open tuning goes so well also with the wistthle low D.....

[cuthbert]

Beautifully done, JP. I really enjoyed listening to this version, and it inspired me to try to figure out the chords in standard tuning - cool!

[Jean Pierre]

Dear Cuthberg

It s here the chords I used in standard tune;

   C                  Am    Em                     G                  C        F             G      C    C4
T'was on   one bright  March mor ning                   I bid New Orleans adieu
             C                 Em            Am          G                 C                        F
And I took   the ro-ode to Jackson town my   fortune to renew
             C    Em                 Am       G                 C                      F
I cursed    all     foreign money,      no credit could I gain
                C          Am   Em                  G         C       Am                   F                   G    C
Which filled    my heart    with longin' fo o o r       the Lakes of     Pontchartain.
          C          Am    Em                G              C      F                            G             C
I stepped    on board( of)   a railroad car        beneath the morning sun
             C                 Em            Am      G               C                          F
And I rode the ra-ails 'til    e-evening and I laid me down again
All strangers here, no friends to me 'til a dark girl   towards me came
And I fell in love with a Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain.
       C    Am   Em       G      C          F             G      C    C4
I said my pretty Creole girl,         my money here's no good
         C           Em    Am      G                 C                        F
If  wasn't   for the a   lligators I'd sleep out in the wood
You're welcome here kind stranger, our house it's very plain
But we never turn a stranger out at the Lakes of Pontchartrain.
             C     Am  Em       G             C        F             G      C    C4
She took    me to her mummy's house      and she treated me quite well
The hair upon her shoulders like jet black ringlets fell
To try and paint her beauty I'm sure t'would be in vain
So handsome was my Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain.
         C     Am Em              G      C        F             G      C    C4
I asked   her if she'd marry me,         she'd said it could never be
         C           Em            Am      G                 C                        F
For she   had go ot    another   and he     was far at sea
             C               Em                       Am       G                 C                      F
She said that    she wou-ould wait for him  and true  she would remain
'Til he    returned    to  his Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain.

       C    Am   Em          G      C          F             G      C    C4
So fair thee well me bonny          o' girl I never see no more
But I'll   never    forget your kindness and the cottage by the shore
And at each social gathering a flowin' glass I'll raise
And drink a health to me Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain

[Jean Pierre]

  No alligators in my Lake !!

you can see on the video the Lake of Bourget in France ( i m living near this lake: the more faboulous beautiful lac in France!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1knkfLSap8

[chunk]

Very beautiful lake Jean Pierre