Evangeline Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays484

Evangeline by Chad Brock is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, E7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			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?

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante