I'll Come Back To New Orleans chords by Rusty Cage

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
  C                                 E7
The shallow water shimmers in the street light
 Am                              C
The neon signs can't escape the eye
  C           E7                Am
The smell of fish and spice, a smell of which can mix so nice
 F           G                 C
So take me back here before I die
 F                   C       F              C
And the greatest infection, is that of affection
  F             C                G7
And I wouldn't have it any other way
                C E7 Am F C G C
But what can I say

Verse 1:
  C      E7                          Am
Circumstance had brought her to the city
         F              C            G
She was left behind to try and find a cheap hotel to sleep at night
 C                E7                    Am
Well hard times fell and she took to strippin'
        F                              G
Just a 19 year old girl in the grasps of middle aged married men
  F                      C            F                    C
And the Bourbon Street bullhorn boys bellowed boasts of beautiful girls
  F                     C                G G7
Who dance behind black curtains in the night
  F               C            F               C
And oh, how that stigma follows, just another slut on drugs
  F                          C                 G G7
And through the drunken slander, she held her pride


Chorus:
                C   E7       Am
And I'll come back to New Orleans
 F                               G
And I hope to find that you're still waiting there for me
                C   E7       Am
'Cause I'll be back in New Orleans
 F        G            C E7 Am F C G C
If you still want me there


Verse 2:
 C      E7                          Am
She'd only been two weeks in the city
  F              C            G
It'd only been two nights for me
   C                         E7                    Am
And was it vacation high? It felt so real when we said goodbye
  F                              G
And I hope this feeling never fades
 F                 C            F        C
And the greatest infection is that of affection
   F             C                G7
And I wouldn't have it any other way
   F               C          F              C
In a city full of devils, I found an angel there
    F                    C                           G G7
And fell in love with a stripper but I never saw her dance


Chorus:
                C   E7       Am
And I'll come back to New Orleans
 F                               G
And I hope to find that you're still waiting there for me
                C   E7       Am
'Cause I'll be back in New Orleans
 F        G            C E7 Am F C G C
If you still want me there


Outro:
 C                                     E7
And the shallow water shimmers in the street light
 Am                              C
The neon signs can't escape the eye
 C           E7                Am
And the city sleeps, but I keep on stirring
 F           G                 C
So take me back here before I die