Hurray For The Riff Raff

St Roch Blues

Hurray For The Riff Raff


Tom: G

INTRO:
C C Db D D Db C C Db D D Db C C Em D


VERSE:
  D            G                       Am
There must be somewhere in this whole world
  D            G                       Am
There must be somewhere in this whole world
                  C     D            C     D
'Cause I keep on trying,  I keep on trying
           C     D            G
I keep on trying,  I keep on trying!
       Am
Oooh, oooh, oooh


VERSE:
 D           G                           Am
Bullets are flying from the young man's hands
 D          G                   Am
People are dying, no one understands
               C     D            C     D
And I keep on crying,  I keep on crying
            C    D             G
I keep on crying,  I keep on crying
       Am
Oooh, oooh, oooh

    G                      Am
Oooooooooh,   Oooh, oooh, oooh
    G                                 Am
Oooooooooh, oooh, ooh    Oooh, oooh, oooh


VERSE:
 D                 G
Baby, please don't go
                Am
Down to New Orleans
  D               G
'Cause you don't know
                      Am
The things that I've seen
                  C     D              C     D
Them bullets are flying,  bullets are flying
             C     D              G           C  G
Bullets are flying,  Bullets are fly-y-y-y-y-ing
       Am
Oooh, oooh, oooh


VERSE:
Am      D          G
Got the St. Roch Blues
            Am
Down in my soul
      D       G
I've seen so many
                   Am
Of my good friends go
                 C   D             C   D
And it won't be long, it won't be long
             C   D             G
It won't be long, it won't be long
        G
'Till I go


OUTRO:
    G                       Am
Oooooooooh,    Oooh, oooh, oooh
    G                                  Am
Oooooooooh, oooh, ooh     Oooh, oooh, oooh
   G
Ooooooooh