Capo 5th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 Ma jolie, how do you do, mon nom est Jean-Guy Thibault-Leroux

 I come from east of Gatineau, my name is Jean-Guy, ma jolie

 J'ai une maison a Lafontaine where we can live if you marry me

 Une belle maison a Lafontaine where we will live, you and me

 Oh Louise, mm mm mm mm mm, ma jolie Louise

 Tous les matins au soleil I will work 'til work is done

 Tous les matins au soleil I did work 'til work was done

 And one day, the foreman said "Jean-Guy, we must let you go"

 Et pis mon nom, y est pas bon, at the mill anymore

 Oh Louise, I'm losing my head I'm losing my head

 My kids are small, four and three et la bouteille, she's mon ami

 I drink the rum 'til I can't see, it hides the shame Louise does not see

 Carousel turns in my head and I can't hide, oh no, no, no, no

 And the rage turned in my head and Louise, I struck her down

 Down on the ground, I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my mind

 En Septembre soixante-trois, kids are gone and so is Louise

 Ontario they did go, near la ville de Toronto

 Now my tears they roll down, tous les jours, whoa, oh, oh, oh

 And I remember the days and the promises that we made

 Oh Louise, ma jolie Louise, ma jolie Louise