A 
I wanna die 
D          A 
I wanna die 
E 
Down south Louisiana 
          D           A 
And the gray evening sky 

A 
I wanna die 
D             A 
I don't care how 
I'm getting out 
E 
Down south Louisiana 
           D               A 
And the lonesome highway sound 

       A 
Well there's a cajun lady 
D 
Down in New Orleans 
E 
There's a cajun lady 
       D              A   
And I saw her in my dream 

          A 
Well if I'd held her in my arms, girls 
            D                  A 
Oh and if I'd held her in my arms 
 E 
Our friendly love 
             D                  A 
Might have kept my heart from harm 
         A 
But I'm out here on this road, girls 
        D                 A  
And I'm out here on the road 
     E     
And I'm just a poor girl 
        D           A 
And I ain't got a home 

    A 
And I wanna die 
D             A 
I don't care how 

I'm getting out 
E 
Down south Louisiana 
           D                A 
And the lonesome highway sound 

   A 
Oh I ain't got a home, girls 
    D              A 
And I ain't got a home 
           A 
And it's through this world I ramble 
            D                   A 
And it's through this world I roam 

             A 
Well, it's through this world I ramble 
          D                   A 
And as through this world I roam 
E 
I'm just a poor girl 
        D           A 
And I ain't got a home 

    A 
And I wanna die 
D        A 
I wanna die 
E 
Down south Louisiana 
          D          A 
And the gray evening sky 

     A 
Well I wanna die 
D 
I don't care how 

I'm getting out 
E 
Down south Louisiana 
           D              A 
And the lonesome highway sound