The Bayou

G Em Cadd9 D G Em Cadd9 D Katie had plans, but there ain't no chance in the bayou G Em Cadd9 D G Em Cadd9 D Turned eighteen and that's six months clean in the bayou G Em Cadd9 D G Em Cadd9 D Government came to take them away from the bayou, said G Em Cadd9 D G The one's that stay will be washed to their graves with the bayou Em Cadd9 D Cadd9 D G So won't you tell me I'm lost when I lie to you Em D G Cadd9 Tell me good thoughts are gonna carry us through Em D G And I'll tell you what I'm gonna do Em D G Cadd9 I'm gonna fight the fire, take it higher sing it till they bring it down to the wire Em D G Shake it off, and go start anew G Em Cadd9 D G Em Cadd9 D Katie left home, and made the trek all alone from the bayou G Em Cadd9 D G Em Cadd9 D Says Houston's cold, to the summer's that we know in the bayou G Em Cadd9 D G Em Cadd9 D But her old man drinks and at night she still thinks of the bayou G Em Cadd9 D G Yeah the city's got saved, but they never made the grade in the bayou Em Cadd9 D Cadd9 D G So won't you tell me I'm lost when I lie to you Em D G Cadd9 Tell me good thoughts are gonna carry us through Em D G And I'll tell you what I'm gonna do Em D G Cadd9 I'm gonna fight the fire, take it higher sing it till they bring it down to the wire Em D G Shake it off, and go start anew Em D Cadd9 Shake it off, and go start anew Em D G Shake it off, and go start anew