(F)   (F)   (F)   (F)

[Verse]
F                             F7
I am going down Louisiana way
    Bb
I'm going back as of this very day
      C                              Gm
Don't worry about me cause I'll be o kay
    Bb             C      F
I'm going down Lou isiana way

                                       F7
I will miss all my old Chicago friends
    Bb
And think about you San Francisco now and then
C                                  Gm
I will remember my com-padres in L A
        Bb          C      F
Look me up down Lou isiana way

[Chorus]
F                             F7
I am going down Louisiana way
    Bb
I'm going back as of this very day
      C                              Gm
Don't worry about me cause I'll be o kay
    Bb             C      F
I'm going down Lou isiana way

[Verse]
               Dm
Don't let your eyes get misty now
We knew the time would come around
    F
For me to go
    Bb     Gm   C
And I will miss you

F                                          F7
So old friend guess I'll see you while ago
  Bb
I might come back sometime you just never know
C                                          Gm
I have left a sweetheart, north of Whiskey Bay
          Bb             C      F
True love waits down Lou isiana way

[Chorus]
F                             F7
I am going down Louisiana way
    Bb
I'm going back as of this very day
      C                              Gm
Don't worry about me cause I'll be o kay
    Bb             C      F
I'm going down Lou isiana way

    Bb             C      F
I'm going down Lou isiana way

[Instrumental]
F F7 Bb C Gm Bb C F

[Chorus]
    Bb             C      F
I'm going down Lou isiana way
    Bb
I'm going back as of this very day
      C                              Gm
Don't worry about me cause I'll be o kay
    Bb             C      F
I'm going down Lou isiana way
    Gm             C      F
I'm going down Lou isiana way