Lucinda Williams, Lake Charles Tabs

Lucinda Williams      Lake Charles   written by Lucinda Williams

Buddy Miller      guitar
John Ciambotti    bass guitar
Donald Lindley    drums
Charlie Sexton    dobro guitar
Roy Bittan        accordion
Jim Lauderdale    harmony vocals

A                      E            A
He had a reason to get back to Lake Charles
           D
He used to talk about it
             A
He'd just go on and on
          E
He always said Louisana
             A 
Was where he felt at home
A              E        A
He was born in Nacogdoches
          D
That's in East Texas
                 A
Not far from the border
                E
But he liked to tell everybody
                 A
He was from Lake Charles
       D                      A
Did an angel whisper in your  ear
    D                                 A
And hold you close and take away your fear
         E             A
In those long last moments
A
We used to drive
     E                   A
Thru Lafayette and Baton Rouge
     D 
In a yellow Camino
             A
Listening to Howling Wolf
            E
He liked to stop in Lake Charles
                 A
Cause that's the place that he loved
A                    E               A
Did you run about as far as you could go
         D 
Down the Lousiana highway
                  A
Across Lake Ponchatrain
                    E
Now your soul is in Lake Charles
          A
No matter what they say 
       D                      A
Did an angel whisper in your  ear
    D                                 A
And hold you close and take away your fear
         E             A
In those long last moments

SOLO

A                      E            A
He had a reason to get back to Lake Charles
           D
He used to talk about it
             A
He'd just go on and on
          E
He always said Louisana
             A 
Was where he felt at home
       D                      A
Did an angel whisper in your  ear
    D                                 A
And hold you close and take away your fear
         E             A
In those long last moments
       D                      A
Did an angel whisper in your  ear
    D                                 A
And hold you close and take away your fear
         E             A
In those long last moments


From Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road"
Mercury Records 1998
Warner Tamerlane Publishing Company/Lucy Jones Music
Nomad-Noman Music(BMI)