Louise

Bonnie Raitt

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
               
C                                  D7 
THEY ALL SAID LOUISE WAS NOT HALF BAD 
       F              G7                C 
IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE WALLS AND WINDOW SHADES 
                              D7
AND HOW SHE'D ACT THE LITTLE GIRL 
     F              G7                       C 
THE DECEIVER, DON'T BELIEVE HER, THAT'S HER TRADE 
 
F            G7          C 
SOMETIMES A BOTTLE OF PERFUME 
F            G7          C 
FLOWERS AND MAYBE SOME LACE 
F              G7             Am 
MEN BROUGHT LOUISE 10 CENT TRINKETS 
          D7                   G7 
THEIR INTENTIONS WERE EASILY TRACED 
 
AH, AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT KINDA SAID 
WHEN THEY FOUND LOUISE IN HER ROOM 
THEY'D ALL PUT HER DOWN BELOW THEIR KIND 
STILL SOME CRIED WHEN SHE DIED THIS AFTERNOON 
 
LOUISE RODE HOME ON THE MAIL TRAIN 
SOMEWHERE TO THE SOUTH I HEARD 'EM SAY 
 
TOO BAD IT ENDED SO UGLY 
TOO BAD SHE HAD TO GO THAT WAY 
BUT THE WIND IS BLOWIN COLD TONIGHT 
GOOD NIGHT LOUISE GOOD NIGHT 
 
 
Payback time from a lurker 
Bruce Lande 
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Chord set

C · D7 · F · G7 · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.