| D | |
| I am going down Louisiana way |
| G | |
| I'm go | ing back as of this very day |
| A | Em7 | |
| Don't w | orry about me cause I'll be okay |
| G | A | D | |
| I'm go | ing down Lou | isiana w | ay |
| Verse 1. |
| D | |
| I will miss all my old Chicago friends |
| G | |
| And th | ink about you San Francisco now and then |
| A | Em7 | |
| I will remember my com-padres in L.A. |
| G | A | D | |
| Look me | up down Lo | uisiana w | ay |
| (Repeat Chorus) |
| Bridge: |
| Bm | |
| Don't | let your eyes get misty now |
| We knew the time would come around |
| D | |
| For | me to go |
| Em | A | |
| And | I will m | iss you |
| Verse 2. |
| So old friend guess I'll see you while ago |
| I might come back sometime you just never know |
| I have left a sweetheart, North of Whiskey Bay |
| True love waits down Louisiana way |
| (Repeat Chorus) |
| (Instrumental) |
| (Repeat Chorus) |
| G | A | D | |
| I'm g | oing down Lou | isiana w | ay |