Jolie Louise

Chords

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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]
C   G   C   G
G  G/B  C   G   C


[Verse 1]
                     C             
Ma jolie, how do you do, mon nom 
  G                   C
est Jean-Guy Thibault Leroux
                        C       
I come from east of Gatineau, my 
         G              C
name is Jean-Guy, ma jolie
            G                      
J'ai une maison à Lafontaine, where
        C       F         C
 we can live if you marry me
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             G                     
Une belle maison à Lafontaine, 
          Am            F
where we will live, you and me
      C       F        C      G 
Oh Louise, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ma 
       C      F      C
jolie Louise


[Verse 2]
                   C              
Tous les matins au soleil, I will 
G                 C
work 'til work is done
                   C            
Tous les matins au soleil, I did 
 G                  C
work 'til work was done
        G                     
And one day, the foreman said, 
       C       F            C
"Jean-Guy, we must let you go"
            G                      
Et puis mon nom, n’est pas bon, at 
    Am      F
the mill anymore
      C        F         C        
Oh Louise, I'm losing my head, I'm
 G         C      F      C
 losing my head


[Verse 3]
                            C      
My kids are small, four and three, 
         G                  C
et la bouteille, she's mon amie
                             C     
I drink the rum 'til I can't see, 
            G                     
it hides the shame Louise does not 
C
see
       G                           
A carousel turns in my head, and I 
      C        F           C
can't hide, oh no, no, no, no
        G                          
And the rage turned in my head, and
    Am                F
 Louise, I struck her down
            C           F         
Down on the ground, I'm losing my 
C         G         C       F  
mind, I'm losing my mind
     C



[Verse 4]
                      C          
En Septembre soixante-trois, kids 
     G                 C
are gone and so is Louise
                 C           G    
Ontario they did go, near la ville
         C
 de Toronto
       G                         
Now my tears they roll down, tous 
     C      F          C
les jours, whoa-oh-oh-oh
        G                      
And I remember the days and the 
 Am               F
promises that we made
      C       F        C       G
Oh Louise, ma jolie Louise, ma 
        C      F      C
jolie Louise
                  C            G  
Ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah,
             C
 ah-ah-ah-ah-ah


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For live versions, move capo to the 
following positions:
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