New Orleans chords by Portugal. The Man

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
(album version: N.C. for whole verse)
G minorGm       FF       C minorCm  G minorGm
 I slip back down where we found
        G minorGm
A augmentedA meter milling maze
    FF         C minorCm  G minorGm
And the rest that we find sound
    G minorGm
Will it find us at the bottom?
    FF
Will we find our way?
    C minorCm          G minorGm
Will we fall apart useless machining the maze?
G minorGm      FF        C minorCm G minorGm
 Find that sleep that we've lost

Interlude:
G minorGm   FF
 Na na na na na
C minorCm   G minorGm
 Na na na na na na na
G minorGm   FF
 Na na na na na
C minorCm   G minorGm
 Na na na na na na na
G minorGm   FF
 Na na na na na
C minorCm   G minorGm
 Na na na na na na na
G minorGm   FF     C minorCm  Bb majorBb
 Na na na na na


Verse 2:
G minorGm     FF
 Fair and tired living
C minorCm      G minorGm        G minorGm
 Lives like little lifted leans
    FF         C minorCm
Shaking heads under the shade
        G minorGm          G minorGm
Of them bright bright bright sweet pear trees
     FF       C minorCm
Mine is gone with the day
       G minorGm          G minorGm
Never miss a beat, never find a home
    FF        C minorCm
Mine is gone with all time. All time

Instrumental:
G minorGm    (Bb majorBb)|G minorGm    (Bb majorBb)|
G minorGm    (Bb majorBb)|G minorGm    (Bb majorBb)|


Bridge: John Gourley & Gang Vocals:
G minorGm                   Bb majorBb
 Mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughters
C minorCm                  Bb majorBb
 We are the rabbits that let the fox lead us
G minorGm                Bb majorBb
Out in the sun with the cold war fever
G minorGm                  Bb majorBb
Beg for your money just please don't eat us


Instrumental:
G minorGm Bb majorBb   G minorGm   FF|G minorGm Bb majorBb   G minorGm   FF|
G minorGm Bb majorBb   G minorGm   FF|G minorGm Bb majorBb   G minorGm   FF|
C minorCm Eb/BbEb/Bb C minorCm Bb/FBb/F|C minorCm Eb/BbEb/Bb C minorCm   FF|
G minorGm Bb majorBb   G minorGm   FF|G minorGm Bb majorBb   G minorGm   FF|


Outro:
G minorGm       (Bb majorBb)
 Deaf like the big guns foaming
C minorCm
 At the mouth they're gnashing
G minorGm   (Bb majorBb)         C minorCm
 Quiet like our words that roam and roll about
G minorGm        (Bb majorBb)
 Let's march a train of thought
C minorCm                 G minorGm
 to crack the boards that keep us out
      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost
G minorGm      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
 Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost
G minorGm      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
 Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost
G minorGm      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
 Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost
G minorGm      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
 Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost
G minorGm      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
 Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost
G minorGm      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
 Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost
G minorGm      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
 Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost
G minorGm      (Bb majorBb)        C minorCm
 Then we'll find that sleep we lost, we lost