You strum a C chord through all the verses. [Verse 1] C Take me lake Charles, I can win a hundred dollars Buy some milk and mashed potatos, maybe buy you some flowers I lost my license when Rita came ashore Tryin to help my sister, I dropped it on the floor [Chorus] C Dm F So take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles C Dm F Take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles [Verse 2] C I swear you could give me a ride over there Id buy the buffets and a dress you can wear Twenty one's coming to me, I can feel it in my bones I’ll have to change my name to savings and loan [Chorus] C Dm F So take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles C Dm F Take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles [Verse 3] C Baby I need that hundred dollars to pay down my loan I hopped off my tube, when I broke my bone I was stuck in Sour Lake, just a nickel to my name My cousin come’n get me in the drizzling rain [Chorus] C Dm F So take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles C Dm F Take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles [Verse 4] C I cant drive legal, I cant drive at all Interstate 10 is a crawling with the law You see these out of state troopers they never sleep They got a nasty disposition and they target the free [Chorus] C Dm F So take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles C Dm F Take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles C Dm F Take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles C Dm F Take me Lake Charles F C Take me Lake Charles