Tom: E
INTRO RIFF:
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VERSE:
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From somewhere outside
A E
I hear the street vendor cry,
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"Filet gumbo"
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From my window I see him
A E
Going down the street
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And he don't know
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PD-C HORUS:
E C#m
That she fell right to sleep
E C#m E
In the damp tangled sheets so soon
E B E
After love in the hot afternoon
FILL:
E B
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D|--2-1------|
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CHORUS:
B
Now the Bourbon street lady
A E
Sleeps like a baby in the shadows
(In the shadows)
FILL:
E B
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D|--2-1------|
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B A E
She was new to me, full of mystery
But now I know
(But I know)
PD-C HORUS:
E C#m
That she's just a girl
E C#m E
And I'm just a guy, in a room
E B E
Full of love in the hot afternoon
INSTRUMENTAL:
E D A E D A E
VERSE:
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We got high in the park
A E
This morning and we sat, without talkin'
E
Then we came back here
A E
In the heat of the day, tired of walkin'
PD-C HORUS:
E C#m
Where under her breath
E C#m E
She hummed to herself a tune
E B E
Of love in the hot afternoon
FILL:
E B
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B|-----------|
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D|--2-1------|
A|------4-2--|
E|-----------|
CHORUS:
B
Now the Bourbon street lady
A E
Sleeps like a baby in the shadows
(In the shadows)
FILL:
E B
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|--2-1------|
A|------4-2--|
E|-----------|
B A E
She was new to me, full of mystery
But now I know
(But I know)
PD-C HORUS:
E C#m
That she's just a girl
E C#m E
And I'm just a guy, in a room
E B E
Full of love in the hot afternoon
