Chords with lyrics
Intro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Verse 1:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I hit my stride in Louisiana
G+G D MajorD
Where it's hard to tell the daytime from the night
G+G B minorBm
I placed my bet and I saw the faces
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Of the winners and the losers in the light
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I've dragged my nets off the Widow Maker
G+G D MajorD
I'm up three weeks pay I got a motel key
G+G B minorBm
New Orleans sure found a winner
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Off a run down, low rent, gulf coast loser like me
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
A minorAm I the worst you've seen Bernadine
A augmentedA
Shed a little of your lovin' down my way
D MajorD G+G
Keep these dice from turning cold, make my hard times shine like gold
A augmentedA D MajorD
Shed a little mercy Bernadine
Solo:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse 2:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Well the rain falls hard on the motel window
G+G D MajorD
As the night gives in along the Pontchar-train
G+G B minorBm
I ran with Little Joe and lost all my money
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Whiskey and salt-water running through my veins
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Saint Bernadine please don't forsake me
G+G D MajorD
You gonna help me, help me find my way
G+G B minorBm
These hard times don't over take me
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
I'll cast my nets into the Galveston Bay
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
A minorAm I the worst you've seen Bernadine
A augmentedA
Shed a little of your lovin' down my way
D MajorD G+G
Keep these dice from turning cold, make my hard times shine like gold
A augmentedA D MajorD
Shed a little mercy Bernadine
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
A minorAm I the worst you've seen Bernadine
A augmentedA
Shed a little of your lovin' down my way
D MajorD G+G
Keep these dice from turning cold, make my hard times shine like gold
A augmentedA D MajorD
Shed a little mercy Bernadine
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD