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