Intro: G . . .Cadd9 G . . .Cadd9 G . . . Cadd9 G . . .Cadd9 G Cadd9 When I was young and full of dreams, G C My whole life in front of me. C G But things are not always the way they seem, G D Some dreams just don’t come true. G Cadd9 Futures so bright so everyone said G C Made more money than my poppa ever did C G He was the answer for which I’d prayed C D Cadd9 When the industry comes to town. G Cadd9 Married a girl from Poetry Bridge, G C Raised a family of Cajun kids, C G Nobody did no better than we did, G D But things can always change. G Cadd9 My pappa'd been a trapper living hand to mouth, G C But when I made shop foreman, I had it all figured out, C G I thanked god each and everyday C D Cadd9 When the industry came to town. Chorus Cadd9 G Sunset on Louisianne, C D The sun going down on the promised land, Cadd9 G I’ve given you everything I can, C D Cadd9 I’ve got nothing left to lose. G Cadd9 My sister lost her baby premature, G C And my papa got the sickness that got no cure, C G What they told us about it at the plant, G D We could not be sure. G Cadd9 My boy went to College down in Baton Rouge G C Came back talkin' bout the old Bayou C G Sure the fish don’t bite like they used to C D Cadd9 Since the industry come to town Chorus Cadd9 G Sunset on Louisianne, C D The sun going down on the promised land, Cadd9 G I’ve given you everything I can, C D Cadd9 I’ve got nothing left to lose. Bridge: C G Smokestacks burning on the river, Am D From New Orleans to Baton Rouge. C G How can I go on believing ? F D When they won’t tell me the truth. G Cadd9 I take my grand son fishing down at Campania Pass, G C I hope some of this beauty will last, C G But, lord, it’s changing so damn fast… G D Each and every day. G Cadd9 I love the river and I love the swamp, G C The snowy egret and the old bullfrog, C G But they’re harder to find one and all C D Cadd9 Since the industry came to town. Chorus Cadd9 G Sunset on Louisianne, C D The sun going down on the promised land, Cadd9 G I’ve given you everything I can, C D C Since the Industry come to town… C D C Since the Industry… Come… To town
