Chords with lyrics
Verse:
A augmentedA
Stagger down Bourbon Street in a Jack Daniels haze
D MajorD
Two man zydeco band struggles on stage
A augmentedA
Violent drum machines are raping my ears
D MajorD
The bathroom is just too damn far away from here
Chorus:
A augmentedA G+G Cmaj9b5/E A augmentedA
I'm too far away from you and I'm too close to feelin' blue
A augmentedA G+G Cmaj9b5/E A augmentedA
I'm too far away from you and I'm too close to fellin' blue
Verse:
A augmentedA
Drunk businessmen croak out karaoke blues
D MajorD
Been traveling too much, paying too many dues
A augmentedA
There's miles and miles of empty bar
D MajorD
Each inch is lined with empty tip jars
Chorus:
A augmentedA G+G Cmaj9b5/E A augmentedA
I'm too far away from you and I'm too close to fellin' blue
A augmentedA G+G Cmaj9b5/E A augmentedA
I'm too far away from you and I'm hanging out with some Mardi Gras crue
Rise:
A augmentedA A#A# B11B11 C6C6
Bridge:
E7E7
Jazz saxophones pounding my brain
Cmaj9b5/E
Toss back another one of them hurricanes
E7E7
March up and down this asphalt dance floor
Cmaj9b5/E C#7no5{/ch] E5addA#addC EMaj7Emaj7 A augmentedA
Just keep going 'til you just can't take it any more
Verse:
A augmentedA
Strip club barkers, street side nubetees
D MajorD
Frat boys stagger in sloppy arrays
A augmentedA
Booze assaults my tired brain
D MajorD
As we break into a Creole refrain
Chorus:
A augmentedA G+G Cmaj9b5/E A augmentedA
I'm too far away from you and I'm too close to feelin' blue
A augmentedA G+G Cmaj9b5/E A augmentedA
I'm too far away from you and I'm stuck down in the bayou