INTRO: A 
 
VERSE: 
 
     A                            B7 
THEY ALL SAID LOUISE WAS NOT HALF BAD 
       D              E                    A 
IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE WALLS AND THE WINDOW SHADES 
    A                        B7 
AND HOW SHE'D ACT THE LITTLE GIRL 
       D               E                    A  
THE DECEIVER, DON'T BELIEVE HER, THAT'S HER TRADE 
 
BRIDGE: 
 
D           E            A 
SOMETIMES A BOTTLE OF PERFUME 
D            E          A 
FLOWERS AND MAYBE SOME LACE 
D            E              F#m 
MEN BROUGHT LOUISE 10 CENT TRINKETS 
        B7                    E 
THEIR INTENTIONS WERE EASILY TRACED 

VERSE: 
 
     A                         B7 
NOW EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT KINDA SAD 
          D        E          A     
WHEN THEY FOUND LOUISE IN HER ROOM 
       A                            B7 
THEY'D ALL PUT HER DOWN BELOW THEIR KIND 
           D              E              A    
STILL SOME CRIED WHEN SHE DIED THIS AFTERNOON 
 
BRIDGE: 
 
   D         E          A 
LOUISE RODE HOME ON THE MAIL TRAIN 
    D            E                 A 
SOMEWHERE TO THE SOUTH I HEARD 'EM SAY 
    D      E        F#m 
TOO BAD IT ENDED SO UGLY 
    B7                     E               
TOO BAD SHE HAD TO GO THAT WAY 
 
 
TAG: 
        A                      B7 
BUT THE WIND IS BLOWIN COLD TONIGHT 
     D        E         A 
GOOD NIGHT LOUISE GOOD NIGHT