D
The tension in the air is so damn thick,
            G
you could cut it with a knife, stir it with a stick
           D                              G
it's like Mississippi mud, mmm, when it gets in your blood
 D                                         G
Steam's rolling up off a blacktop street, sweating like a
                                       D
sinner with a front pew seat in the church house
                         G
Hot enough to run the devil out

[Pre-Chorus]
     A
And here I am thinkin' 'bout the preacherman's daughter with
     C                     G
The hair as black as the bayou water, and here

[Chorus]
            D                Am7                C                  G
Louisiana love, hot summer night, hundred and five degrees fahrenheit
             D          Am7              C  G
Feeling the heat underneath that cajun moon
             D                         Am7              C                     G
Taking our time, moving real slow, building a fire and watching it grow
           C       G/B        Am7   G         D
Until it's burning out of control, Louisiana love

[Verse 2]
   D                                         G
A hot pot of crawfish boiling red, as she breaks off a tail,
                        D                    G
sucks on the head and hands one to me, oooooohweee
     D                                            G
We sneak to the dock, grab a hickory pole,  and lay out a blanket
                              D                              G
in her papa's pea row, and float away, down to the Pontchartrain

[Pre-Chorus]
A
Try and keep it quiet, be a little cautious
         C                      G
I'd be alligator bait if the preacherman caught us, making

[Chorus]
            D                Am7                C                  G
Louisiana love, hot summer night, hundred and five degrees fahrenheit
             D          Am7              C  G
Feeling the heat underneath that cajun moon
             D                         Am7              C                     G
Taking our time, moving real slow, building a fire and watching it grow
           C       G/B        Am7   G         D
Until it's burning out of control, Louisiana love

[Bridge]
C    G               D
Oooooooh, Louisiana love
C    G                           A
Oooooooh,  I can't get enough

[Chorus]
(no chords)      D  Am7                C                  G
Louisiana love         hundred and five degrees fahrenheit
              D          Am7             C  G
Feeling the heat underneath that cajun moon
             D                 Am7              C                     G
Taking our time, moving real slow, building a fire and watching it grow
           C       G/B        Am7   G         D
Until it's burning out of control, Louisiana love

          C           G/B    Am7            G         D
Like the fire burning in my soul, that's a Louisiana love