Evangeline

	  		This is an excellent song that just didn't get enough airplay. Can anybody 
remember a girl like this. It draws an instant image in my mind. 
 
Evangeline 
Chad Brock 
transcribed by Dave Dube Sr. 
written by Bob McDill and Carson Chamberlain 
 
INTRO	A	E	E	A 
A				  E 
She's been here workin all summer long 
E					A 
Pumping gas for the boats at the Copely Block 
A					 E 
She's so brown from being in the sun all day 
               E7 
Boys from town hang around her paPA's place 
 
A				 E 
Hey, you can see her at the boat dock 
			       A 
Walkin up the pier in her flip flops 
			   E 
Tying up lines to her tank top 
                        A 
Dipping for bait in the bait shop 
D                                             A 
Everyboy around would like to say that girl's mine 
E 
Summer's gonna end I know it 
E 
Oh were gonna miss you so  
E			           A 
Wish you didn't have to go ..Evangeline
 
 
Verse2 
A					  E 
Won't be long, she'll being going back to school 
				 A 
Going home, all the way to Baton Rouge 
                                           E 
Her paPa, says he'll get along the best he can 
                      E7 
And all the boys will be so brokenhearted again 
 
Till the summer again 
 
Repeat Chorus 
E				 A?
Wish you didn't have to go Evangeline 
 
     E A D G B E 
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*Breaks for leads are same as intro 
*rythym is a cajun style playing bass notes than high notes in pairs of 
two in alternating fashion 
 
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records