Chords for John Stewart "New Orleans"
Tempo:
147.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[E] [Am] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, [D] [C]
[F] [G] or hear her [C] mournful sound,
[G]
[C] [E] Hear that singing through [Am] the doorway, [C]
[F] [G] the tapping [C] on the ground,
[F] Dancing feet [G] on bourbon straight, [E] the jazz, the [Am] blues, the beat.
[C] [F] I never [G] got to see [C] New Orleans, [G] or feel the [C] Delta [C] heat,
[Bm]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, [C]
[Gm] [F] [G] the parade [C] on Easy Street,
[G]
[C] [E] When Mardi Gras [Am] was swinging [C]
to [F] [G] the Dixieland [C] retreat,
[F] Voodoo [G] alleys, sweet Kincaid [E] confetti [Am] rain, for heaven's sakes.
[C] [F] I never [G] got to [C] see New Orleans, [G] or feel the [C] Delta heat,
[E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [G]
[C]
And [F] the water [G] may be rising, [E] but Orleans is [Am] still alive,
And [F] forever [G] she will sing to me [E] the [Am] lullabies of [C] yesterday.
[F] Will I [G] ever [C] see New Orleans [G] and hear those [C] melodies?
[E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E] I never got to see [Am] New Orleans, [C]
[F] [G] or the Gulf of [C] Mexico,
[G]
[C] [E] Or hear the [Am] old piano man [C]
[F] play [G] the blues of [C] long ago,
[F] And feel the summer, [G] taste the sweets, [E] and hear the hum [Am] on Canal Street.
[C] Will [F] I [G] ever see [C] New Orleans [G] and feel the [C] Delta heat?
[E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, [C]
[F] [G] or rise the river [C] to the sea,
[G]
[C] [E] Hear the Muse of [Am] Louisiana [C] sing [F] [G]
her heart to me,
[F] Perhaps in [C] Louie and Dixieland [E] she is the river, [Am] she is the river,
[C] [F] But I never [G] got to [C] see New Orleans, [G] or hold her [F] in my hand.
[C]
[N]
[E] [Am] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, [D] [C]
[F] [G] or hear her [C] mournful sound,
[G]
[C] [E] Hear that singing through [Am] the doorway, [C]
[F] [G] the tapping [C] on the ground,
[F] Dancing feet [G] on bourbon straight, [E] the jazz, the [Am] blues, the beat.
[C] [F] I never [G] got to see [C] New Orleans, [G] or feel the [C] Delta [C] heat,
[Bm]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, [C]
[Gm] [F] [G] the parade [C] on Easy Street,
[G]
[C] [E] When Mardi Gras [Am] was swinging [C]
to [F] [G] the Dixieland [C] retreat,
[F] Voodoo [G] alleys, sweet Kincaid [E] confetti [Am] rain, for heaven's sakes.
[C] [F] I never [G] got to [C] see New Orleans, [G] or feel the [C] Delta heat,
[E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [G]
[C]
And [F] the water [G] may be rising, [E] but Orleans is [Am] still alive,
And [F] forever [G] she will sing to me [E] the [Am] lullabies of [C] yesterday.
[F] Will I [G] ever [C] see New Orleans [G] and hear those [C] melodies?
[E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E] I never got to see [Am] New Orleans, [C]
[F] [G] or the Gulf of [C] Mexico,
[G]
[C] [E] Or hear the [Am] old piano man [C]
[F] play [G] the blues of [C] long ago,
[F] And feel the summer, [G] taste the sweets, [E] and hear the hum [Am] on Canal Street.
[C] Will [F] I [G] ever see [C] New Orleans [G] and feel the [C] Delta heat?
[E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, [C]
[F] [G] or rise the river [C] to the sea,
[G]
[C] [E] Hear the Muse of [Am] Louisiana [C] sing [F] [G]
her heart to me,
[F] Perhaps in [C] Louie and Dixieland [E] she is the river, [Am] she is the river,
[C] [F] But I never [G] got to [C] see New Orleans, [G] or hold her [F] in my hand.
[C]
[N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] or hear her [C] mournful sound,
[G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] Hear that singing through [Am] the doorway, _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] the tapping _ [C] on the ground, _ _ _
_ _ [F] Dancing feet [G] on bourbon straight, [E] the jazz, the [Am] blues, the beat.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] I never [G] got to see [C] New Orleans, [G] or feel the [C] Delta [C] heat,
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, _ [C] _
_ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [G] the parade [C] on Easy Street,
[G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] When Mardi Gras [Am] was swinging _ [C] _
to _ [F] _ _ _ [G] the _ Dixieland [C] retreat, _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Voodoo [G] alleys, sweet Kincaid [E] _ confetti [Am] rain, for heaven's sakes.
[C] _ _ _ [F] I never [G] got to [C] see New Orleans, _ [G] or feel the [C] Delta heat,
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
And [F] the water [G] may be rising, [E] but Orleans is [Am] still alive,
And [F] _ forever [G] she will sing to me [E] the _ _ [Am] lullabies of _ [C] yesterday.
_ _ _ [F] Will I [G] ever [C] see New Orleans _ [G] and hear those [C] melodies?
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] I never got to see [Am] New _ Orleans, [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] or the Gulf of [C] Mexico,
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] Or hear the [Am] old piano man [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ play [G] the blues of [C] long ago, _ _ _ _
_ [F] And feel the summer, [G] taste the sweets, [E] and hear the hum [Am] on Canal Street.
[C] _ _ Will [F] I [G] ever see [C] New Orleans [G] and feel the [C] Delta heat?
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] or rise the river [C] to the sea,
[G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] Hear the Muse of [Am] Louisiana _ _ [C] sing _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
her heart to _ me, _ _
_ _ [F] _ Perhaps in [C] Louie and Dixieland [E] she is the river, [Am] she is the river,
[C] _ _ _ [F] But I never [G] got to [C] see New _ Orleans, [G] or hold her [F] in my hand. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] or hear her [C] mournful sound,
[G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] Hear that singing through [Am] the doorway, _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] the tapping _ [C] on the ground, _ _ _
_ _ [F] Dancing feet [G] on bourbon straight, [E] the jazz, the [Am] blues, the beat.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] I never [G] got to see [C] New Orleans, [G] or feel the [C] Delta [C] heat,
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, _ [C] _
_ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [G] the parade [C] on Easy Street,
[G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] When Mardi Gras [Am] was swinging _ [C] _
to _ [F] _ _ _ [G] the _ Dixieland [C] retreat, _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Voodoo [G] alleys, sweet Kincaid [E] _ confetti [Am] rain, for heaven's sakes.
[C] _ _ _ [F] I never [G] got to [C] see New Orleans, _ [G] or feel the [C] Delta heat,
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
And [F] the water [G] may be rising, [E] but Orleans is [Am] still alive,
And [F] _ forever [G] she will sing to me [E] the _ _ [Am] lullabies of _ [C] yesterday.
_ _ _ [F] Will I [G] ever [C] see New Orleans _ [G] and hear those [C] melodies?
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] I never got to see [Am] New _ Orleans, [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] or the Gulf of [C] Mexico,
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] Or hear the [Am] old piano man [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ play [G] the blues of [C] long ago, _ _ _ _
_ [F] And feel the summer, [G] taste the sweets, [E] and hear the hum [Am] on Canal Street.
[C] _ _ Will [F] I [G] ever see [C] New Orleans [G] and feel the [C] Delta heat?
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] I never got to [Am] see New Orleans, [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] or rise the river [C] to the sea,
[G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] Hear the Muse of [Am] Louisiana _ _ [C] sing _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
her heart to _ me, _ _
_ _ [F] _ Perhaps in [C] Louie and Dixieland [E] she is the river, [Am] she is the river,
[C] _ _ _ [F] But I never [G] got to [C] see New _ Orleans, [G] or hold her [F] in my hand. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _