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CWell (x32010@1)I went south
       F (133211@1)           CWith (x32010@1)a case of survival
   CTo (x32010@1)amend my heart
       G (320003@1)          Cthat's (x32010@1)paper thin
    CYou (x32010@1)see I felt her words
       F (133211@1)           Cand (x32010@1)her images filed
      AmI'm (x02210@1)gonna carry my
      G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  
heart to New Orleans
        CI (x32010@1)have no home to go
      F (133211@1)           CSo (x32010@1)I wander awhile
     CFrom (x32010@1)coast to coast
     G (320003@1)       CFrom (x32010@1)sin to sin
      CFrom (x32010@1)the coldest shores
     F (133211@1)            CTo (x32010@1)the warmest islands
     Am (x02210@1)      
Been around the world
     G (320003@1)        CBack (x32010@1)to New Orleans
      
     GWell (320003@1)she's got pride
     F (133211@1)        CLike (x32010@1)a million lions
   G (320003@1)  
she's got a scar
      F (133211@1)       Con (x32010@1)her velvet face
    F (133211@1)she's got a smile
                 Clike (x32010@1)a newborn child
   Amshe's (x02210@1)gotta walk, 
     G (320003@1)    Ca (x32010@1)Stoic Grace
              
        CI (x32010@1)never slept that night
     F (133211@1)      CUntil (x32010@1)my arrival
   C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)       CI (x32010@1)romanticized a long embrace
       CYou (x32010@1)see I lost my tongue
     F (133211@1)       Cand (x32010@1)burned my Bible
    AmBut (x02210@1)made it back home
  G (320003@1)       Cto (x32010@1)New Orleans

GWell (320003@1)she's got pride
    F (133211@1)        CLike (x32010@1)a million lions
   G (320003@1)  
she's got a scar
     F (133211@1)       Con (x32010@1)her velvet face
    F (133211@1)she's got a smile
                 Clike (x32010@1)a newborn child
   Amshe's (x02210@1)gotta walk, 
   G (320003@1)   Ca (x32010@1)Stoic Grace

CWell (x32010@1)I held my breath

and I swam for miles
      AmWhen (x02210@1)all was lost
   G (320003@1)       Cand (x32010@1)hell took place
        CYou (x32010@1)see it rained all night
     F (133211@1)     Cand (x32010@1)the city she flooded
     GIt (320003@1)rained all night
          Cin (x32010@1)New Orleans
         GYeah (320003@1)it rained all
       F (133211@1)       Cnight (x32010@1)in New Orleans
      GYeah (320003@1)it rained all
       Am (x02210@1)     Cnight (x32010@1)in New Orleans
        AmYeah (x02210@1)it rained all
    G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)  Cnight (x32010@1)in New Orleans