Intro: (F)   (F)   (F)   (F) 
  
(F) I am going down Louisiana way (F7) 
I'm (Bb) going back as of this very day 
Don't (C) worry about me cause I'll be o(Gm)kay 
I'm (Bb) going down Lou(C)isiana (F) way 
  
I will miss all my old Chicago friends (F7)     
And (Bb) think about you San Francisco now and then 
(C) I will remember my com-padres in L(Gm)A 
Look me (Bb) up down Lou(C)isiana (F) way 
  
(F) I am going down Louisiana way (F7) 
I'm (Bb) going back as of this very day 
Don't (C) worry about me cause I'll be o(Gm)kay 
I'm (Bb) going down Lou(C)isiana (F) way  
               
Don't let your (Dm) eyes get misty now 
We knew the time would come around 
For (F) me to go  
And (Bb) I will (Gm) miss (C) you  
 
(F) So old friend guess I'll see you while ago (F7) 
I (Bb) might come back sometime you just never know  
(C) I have left a sweetheart, north of Whiskey (Gm) Bay 
True love (Bb) waits down Lou(C)isiana (F) way 
  
(F) I am going down Louisiana way (F7) 
I'm (Bb) going back as of this very day 
Don't (C) worry about me cause I'll be o(Gm)kay 
I'm (Bb) going down Lou(C)isiana (F) way  
 
I'm (Bb) going down Lou(C)isiana (F) way  
 
(F)  (F7)  (Bb)  (C)  (Gm)  (Bb)  (C)  (F)   
 
I'm (Bb) going down Lou(C)isiana (F) way  
I'm (Bb) going back as of this very day 
Don't (C) worry about me cause I'll be o(Gm)kay 
I'm (Bb) going down Lou(C)isiana (F) way  
I'm (Gm) going down Lou(C)isiana (F) way 
 
(F)  (F)