TAB BY: DON CZARSKI


 
C5 *                                                        
  In the city of dreams               C*
C*                     C*  C*     E | --------- | 
  Lies the city's ghost           B | --5h6-5-- | 
                                  G | --5------ | 
                                  D | --5------ | 
                                  A | --3------ | 
                                  E | --------- | 

Then:   C5  Bb5  F5  C5  - 2x's        


VERSE:
C5            Bb5
There's a beginning
F5            C5
There's a middle and an end
         Bb5            F5                   C5
In this city we reach out for the middle ground
           Bb5      F5        C5          
We throw a great party so hearts will start to mend
       Bb5   F5            G5
We forgive, at least we try

VERSE:
        F5                   G5
In the mist of the sea of dreams 
                 C5
Lies a perfect storm 
        F5
In the sea of tears
G5            C5
Lies a city ghost
         F5             G5      
In the spirit of the Mardi Gras
C5            Bb5
 Well, the people hope                     
             F5                  F5 G5
That their lives will get better

The people hope 
             F5                   F5 G5
That their lives will get better


CHORUS:
F5              G5              C5  
I wanna get a room in New Orleans
         F5            G5                     C5
I wanna sing in the streets of the French Quarter
              F5
I wanna dress up
              G5
I wanna wear beads
                C5
I wanna wear feathers and lace
         Bb5       F5       F5 G5
I wanna brush by Anne Rice
G5                       C5    F5 G5
  And go down Bourbon Street

VERSE:
F5 G5 C5
      I see a sea of smiles
F5 G5             C5
      I see a haunted city reachin' out
F5      G5                 C5
I see hope in all their faces
   F5                 G5       C5
Behind the mask of Mardi Gras
           F5                       F5 G5        
Where the good and the righteous walk
                  C5    F5 G5
And the wicked as well


CHORUS:
F5               G5              C5  
I wanna get a room in New Orleans
          F5            G5                      C5
I wanna sing in the streets of the French Quarter
              F5
I wanna dress up
               G5
I wanna wear beads
                C5
I wanna wear feathers and lace
         Bb5            F5      F5 G5
I wanna brush by the vampires

CHORUS:
          F5       Bb5   C5
I wanna dress up, ooh yea
                F5              G5     C5
I wanna wear feathers and lace Na Na Na Na
         F5        Bb5     C5
I wanna brush by Anne Rice
F5              G5        C5
 And go down Bourbon Street
     F5            G5        C5
Mmm , go on down Bourbon Street

VERSE:
F5             G5
Within these rooms
     C5
I go up to my balcony
 F5               G5               C5
And I hang the paintings on the wall
       F5            G5
And I open up my gallery
       C5
And I open up my doors
    F5               F5 G5
I stare at the city
    F5               F5 G5
I stare at my city


CHORUS:
F5              G5                C5  
I wanna get a room in New Orleans
         F5           G5                       C5
I wanna sing in the streets of the French Quarter
              F5
I wanna dress up
              G5
I wanna wear beads
                C5
I wanna wear feathers and lace
         Bb5            F5      F5 G5
I wanna brush by the vampires


CHORUS:
F5            G5               C5  
I wanna get back to New Orleans
         F5                G5                     C5
I wanna sing out in the streets of the French Quarter
              F5
I wanna dress up
              G5
I wanna wear beads
               C5
I wanna wear feathers and lace
         Bb5        F5      F5 G5
I wanna brush by Anne Rice
G5                 F5    F5 G5
Go down Bourbon Street
G5                 F5    F5 G5
Go down Bourbon Street
G5                      F5  F5 G5
Go on down Bourbon Street
G5                      F5  F5 G5
Go on down Bourbon Street
G5
Go on down
F5          F5 G5
Go on down
G5
Go on down
 F5           G5       C5
Go on down Bourbon Street
C5 **
    In the city of tears     
C5 **
    Lies the city ghost 

           C5 **
        E | --------- | 
        B | --5h6---- | 
        G | --5------ | 
        D | --5------ | 
        A | --3------ | 
        E | --------- |