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

G  O

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(BE )