Intro: F5 D5 C5 F5 (x2)

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I had a girl in New Orleans
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Belle Parker was her name
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She'd hold me down and tell me
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Everything's gonna be alright

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Preached to me of blue skies,
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Silver linings through the rain
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And if I ever needed anyone to blame...

Chorus: 

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Oh Blame time, daddy
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Blame the rain
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Safe but somehow, time's the same
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Tell me anything, Just tell me loud
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Blame time, daddy, blame the rain

Repeat intro riff: F5 D5 C5 F5 (x2)


Verse 2: 

The velvet queen of New Orleans
Belle Parker was her name
She'd walk the town,
with a drink or two and the southern night
Louisiana sunshine,
Mississippi rain
And if I ever needed anyone to blame...

(Chorus)

(Instrumental Verse)

She'd love to talk, and I'd let her,
Belle Parker was her name
She'd come around again, and again, and again
I'm waiting for the sunshine
And sitting through the rain
And If I ever needed anyone to blame...