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Evangeline chords
The Band (Robbie Robertson  Live from the Shibuya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 25-Feb-1987)

GD

GShe (320003@1)stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
                      D (xx0232@1)   D7Alone (xx0212@1)in the pale moonlight
DWaiting (xx0232@1)for a man, a riverboat gambler
                 D7 (xx0212@1)   GSaid (320003@1)that he'd return tonight

GThey (320003@1)used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
                       D (xx0232@1)    D7Loving (xx0212@1)the whole night through
DTil (xx0232@1)the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing
                D7 (xx0212@1)     GAnd (320003@1)bring it on home to you

C (x32010@1)         GEvangeline, (320003@1)Evangeline
D (xx0232@1)                    GCurses (320003@1)the soul of the Mississippi queen
     D (xx0232@1)        D7 (xx0212@1) GThat (320003@1)pulled her man away

GBayou (320003@1)Sam, from the South Louisian
                    D (xx0232@1)  D7Had (xx0212@1)gambling in his veins
 DEvangeline, (xx0232@1)from the Maritimes
           D7 (xx0212@1)    GWas (320003@1)slowly going insane

GShe (320003@1)stands on the top of Hickory Hill
                                D (xx0232@1)    D7She (xx0212@1)stands in the lightning and thunder
DDown (xx0232@1)on the river the boat was a-sinking
                 D7 (xx0212@1)     GShe (320003@1)watched that queen go under

C (x32010@1)         GEvangeline, (320003@1)Evangeline
D (xx0232@1)                    GCurses (320003@1)the soul of the Mississippi queen
     D (xx0232@1)        D7 (xx0212@1) GThat (320003@1)pulled her man away . . . .

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