Chords for Oscar ''Papa''' Celestin's New Orleans Band - Marie LaVeau part 1 & 2

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_ [E] _ [B] [Em] There lives a Conju lady, [Am] not [B] long ago, [Em] in New Orleans, Louisiana, [B] named Marie Laveau.
_ [Em] Believe it or not, _ [Am] strange [B] as it seems, [Em] she made a fortune selling [B] voodoo and [Em] interpreting dreams.
She was known throughout the nation [B] as the voodoo [Em] queen.
[D] Folks come to her [Dm] for miles [D] and miles around.
[Em] She'd show them how to put that [B] _ [Eb] [Em] voodoo [B] down.
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To the voodoo lady, [A] _ [B] they would go, [Em]
rich, educated, _ [B] ignorant and poor.
[D] She'd snap her fingers and shake her head, [Em] then tell them about their lovers, [Eb] living [Em] or dead.
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[Em] An old, old lady named [Am] [B] Weta Brown, [Em] she asked why her lovers [B] stopped coming around.
_ [D] The voodoo gazed at her in squall, [Em] I seen him kissing a young girl, where [Eb] been [Em] Shakespeare's part.
And then there was Marie in the hall, oh _ _ _ Marie Laveau, Marie _ Laveau, oh _ _ _ Marie _ Laveau, [Gb]
[B] voodoo queen.
[Em] Went down [B] yonder in [Em] New Orleans, now old Weta Brown, [Am] she lost her [B] speech.
_ [Em] Tears start rolling [B]
down her cheeks.
[Em] She says, hush my darling, _ [Am] _
[B] don't you cry, [Em] I'll make him come [B] back by [Em] and by.
Now sprinkle the snake [Am] dust [B] all over your floor, [Em] he'll come back Friday morning [B] when the rooster crow.
[Em] Marie _ Laveau, hey Marie Laveau, hey _ _ _ Marie Laveau, oh Marie _ [Am] Laveau, [B] voodoo [Em] queen.
Went down [B] yonder in New [Em] Orleans.
Now Marie Laveau [Am] held them in her [B] hands, _ [Em] _ New Orleans was [B] her promised land.
_ [Em] Quality folks [Am] come from [B] far and near, [Em] this wonder woman, [B] _
[Em] far to hear.
They were afraid to be seen _ [Am]
at [B] her gate, [Em] and would creep through the dark [Gb] to [Eb] hear [B] their fate.
_ [Em] Holding dark veil _ [Am]
[B] over their head, [Em] they would tremble to hear [B] what Marie [Em] Laveau said.
Oh Marie Laveau, hey _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Marie _ Laveau, oh Marie _ Laveau, [Am]
[B] voodoo queen.
[Em] Went down [B] yonder in [Em] New Orleans.
Now she made Gris Gris _ [Am] with an old [B] ram horn, [Em] stuffed with feathers [C] [B] and shucks from a corn.
[Em] A big black cow [A] and a [B] cat with fins, [Em] made a man get religion [Eb] and give up [Em] his sins.
Oh Marie Laveau, hey _ _ Marie Laveau, _ _ _ oh Marie _ [Gb] Laveau, [B] voodoo queen.
[Em] She got rich on [B] voodoo in New [Em] Orleans.
[E] Sad [G] news got [Em] out one morning, [Am] at the [Gbm] dawn of [B] day, [Em] Marie Laveau had [B] passed away. _
[Em] In Santa Loura Cemetery, [Am] she [B] lays in a tomb, she [Em] was buried at night [B] on the waist of [Em] a moat.
Oh Marie Laveau, _ _ hey Marie _ _ _ _ Laveau, the folks still believe [Am] in the [B] voodoo _ _ queen.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Went _ _ _ [Ab] down _ _ [B] _
_ _ yonder in _ New _ [G] _ _ Orleans. _ _
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Went _ down _ yonder _ in New Orleans.
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