Tom: Bm

Intro: Bm A E (4x)

e | ------------------------------------ | 
B | ------------------------------------ | 
G | ------7p6-------7p6----------------- | 
D | -(b9)(b9)------7-7------2-2-5---5---5--- | 
A | -(b9)(b9)------7-7------2-2-5---5---5--- | 
E | -7-7-------5-5------0-0-3-0-3-0-3-0- | 

         Bm                   A
She said baby our love's just like your songs
    E                      
The beat ain't bad but the words are all wrong
             Bm                         A
It's time to pack my bags, it's time to just move on
   E                                Bm  A  
She sang, Johnny, I'm gone, gone, gone
                 E     G     A
And she's gone


Bm                         A
Me and Leigh met summer of '95
E                           
In a burgundy dress lookin' finer than French wine
Bm                 A
A Cajun Queen with another side
E                                              Bm  A  
She was a schoolboy's dream , I was out my mind
                     E
She was lookin' fine


G
  She said "You want to drive me home"
A
  But what I didn't know...

e | ------------------------------ | 
B | ------------------------------ | 
G | ------------------------------ | 
D | -5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7- | 
A | -5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7- | 
E | -3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5- | 

D   A                      Bm               G                    
Oh, oh, shala-lala - I was dancing with the Queen of New Orleans  
D   A                E              G                              
Oh, oh, shala-lala - Dancing in the streets of New Orleans         
D   A                Bm                G                           
Oh, oh, shala-lala - Dancing cheek to cheek in New Orleans         
D   A                       C                                     
Oh, oh, shala-lala - It was almost like a dream                  

Solo: 
Bm A E (2x)

             Bm               A
That night I made a move, man I fell hard
       E
When I put my hands in her cookie jar
        Bm                          A       E
She was more than a girl, she was a cabaret star
Bm        A                       E
  I was a deer in the lights of a speeding car


G
  Nothing's what it seems
A
  She was a Venus de Milo in her sister's jeans


D   A                      Bm               G                    
Oh, oh, shala-lala - I was dancing with the Queen of New Orleans  
D   A                E              G                              
Oh, oh, shala-lala - Dancing in the streets of New Orleans         
D   A                Bm                G                           
Oh, oh, shala-lala - Dancing cheek to cheek in New Orleans         
D   A                       C                                     
Oh, oh, shala-lala - It was almost like a dream  

Solo: 
Bb Bb C C Bb Bb C C Bb Bb Eb B E E E E
 
E   B                      C#m              A
Oh, oh, shala-lala - I was dancing with the Queen of New Orleans
E   B                F#             A
Oh, oh, shala-lala - Dancing in the streets of New Orleans            
E   B                C#m                     A                      
Oh, oh, shala-lala ? I was dancing cheek to cheek in New Orleans    
E   B                F#               A                             
Oh, oh, shala-lala ? Dancing with the Queen down Bourbon Street     
E   B                C#m              A                             
Oh, oh, shala-lala ? Dancing with the Queen of New Orleans         
E   B                F#             A                               
Oh, oh, shala-lala - Dancing in the streets of New Orleans          
E   B                C#m               A                            
Oh, oh, shala-lala - Nothing's what it seems in New Orleans         
E   B                F#               A                             
Oh, oh, shala-lala - Dancing with the Queen of New Orleans
E   B                C#m              A
Oh, oh, shala-lala ? Dancing with the Queen of New Orleans
E   B                F#               A
Oh, oh, shala-lala ? Dancing with the Queen of New Orleans