If New Orleans Is Beat chords by The Tragically Hip

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

♫ Intro:
D Bm Em G x2


♫ Verse 1:
D                Bm
   Your smile is fading a bit
    Em        G                   D
So I ration it, don't think about it
               Bm
Here where the Mississippi quits
Em
   Where it's still got a bit
G

   Of Minnesota in it

♫ Interlude:
D Bm Em G

♫ Verse 2:
D                       Bm
   No one will give you a thing these days
Em                      G             D
   They'd rather kill it or throw it away
                   Bm
You don't do dark American streets so
Em        G
   If New Orleans is beat

♫ Chorus:
Bm
   If New Orleans is beat
G
   If New Orleans is beat
D
   If New Orleans is beat
Em
   If New Orleans is beat
G                             D   Bm Em G
   Where's that leave you and me?

♫ Interlude:
D Bm Em G

♫ Verse 3:
D                      Bm
   The river takes and takes, takes and takes
Em                  G             D
   It doesn't change and only changes
                  Bm
See it there in a picture with me
Em
   There's a caption beneath:
G                  Bm
   "New Orleans is beat"

♫ Chorus:
           Bm
And if New Orleans is beat
G
   If New Orleans is beat
D
   If New Orleans is beat
Em
   If New Orleans is beat
G                             D   Bm Em
   Where's that leave you and me?

♫ Outro:
G                          D   Bm Em
Where's that leave you and me?
G                          D   Bm Em G
Where's that leave you and me?
D                Bm
   Your smile is fading a bit
    Em        G                   D  Bm Em G
So I ration it, don't think about it

D Bm Em G D