Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm C majorC C
Verse 1:
C majorC A minorAm
I've met some bad men
C majorC A minorAm
Do you know what I mean
C majorC A minorAm
They've told me some good lies
C majorC A minorAm
Some lies I believed
C majorC A minorAm
You seem like a good one
C majorC A minorAm
You seem pretty keen
C majorC A minorAm
So please don't forget me
C majorC A minorAm
Down in New Orleans
C majorC A minorAm
Down in New Orleans
C majorC A minorAm
Uuuuuuh
C majorC A minorAm
Down in New Orleans
Interlude:
C majorC A minorAm
Verse 2:
C majorC A minorAm
The water is rising
C majorC A minorAm
The air, it is hot
C majorC A minorAm
I've got the blues babe
C majorC A minorAm
And imagine me not
C majorC A minorAm
Imagine me not without
C majorC A minorAm
The blues
C majorC A minorAm
Imagine me without the blues
Interlude:
C majorC A minorAm
Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
My daddy done left me
C majorC A minorAm D MajorD
He ain't coming home
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
My daddy done left me
C majorC G+G C majorC
So baby please don't go
Verse 3:
C majorC A minorAm
Alligators are circling
C majorC A minorAm
Round Lake Pontchartrain
C majorC A minorAm
You wanna sleep out there
C majorC A minorAm
But I said it'd be in vain
C majorC A minorAm
Be in vain
C majorC A minorAm
Uuuuuuh
C majorC A minorAm
It's sleep out in vain
Interlude:
C majorC A minorAm
Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
My daddy done left me
C majorC A minorAm D MajorD
He ain't coming home
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
My daddy done left me
C majorC G+G C majorC
So baby please don't go
Verse 4:
C majorC A minorAm
Took you to my mama's
C majorC A minorAm
To our little home
C majorC A minorAm
We'll turn down the light babe
C majorC A minorAm
Turn it down all night long
C majorC A minorAm
All night long
C majorC A minorAm
Uuuuuuh
C majorC A minorAm
Turn it down all night long
Interlude:
C majorC A minorAm
Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
My daddy done left me
C majorC A minorAm D MajorD
He ain't coming home
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
My daddy done left me
C majorC G+G C majorC
So baby please don't go
C majorC G+G C majorC
No baby please don't go
C majorC G+G C majorC
No baby please don't go
C majorC G+G C majorC
No baby please don't go