Back To New Orleans chords

Back To New Orleans

• A

Intro: 
A   C#m/A   D Dm  A 


Verse: 
A                        C#m/A 
Pardon me sir, you got a dime?  
                      D   Dm           A   
I'm trying to find my way back to New Orleans. 
A                             C#m/A 
Broke down and fallen on hard times, 
                      D        Dm           A  
I need just one kind favor to get back on my feet. 


C#m                  D         A 
Lost my ticket for a Greyhound bus,  
        D              A              E 
when it left me in the dust and gone away. 
C#m                       D       A           D          A   E 
Man at the station says, "Boy get lost, start going your own way." 
  

A                      C#m/A                   D 
Im walking 40 days and nights under the Texas sun,  
       Dm             A 
won't someone help me please? 
A                        C#m/A 
Pardon me sir, you got a dime? 
                      D   Dm            A 
I'm trying to find my way back to New Orleans. 


A   C#m/A   D Dm  A 


Verse: 
I did my time in Baton Rouge, in Birmingham and Huston, too,  
but all I ever see 
Was weary faces just like mine, waiting in endless lines,  
just'a trying to find a seat. 

Chorus: 
Lost their tickets for a Greyhound bus,  
when it left them in the dust and gone away. 
Now all they're asking is for you to help their cause,  
'cause they're going a long way. 

They're walking 40 days and nights under the Texas sun,  
won't someone help them please? 
Spare just a dollar or a dime,  
they're trying to find their way back to New Orleans. 
  

Harmonica Solo: 
G   D   A 
G   D   A 
G   D   A 
G   D   E 


Verse: 
We're walking 40 days and nights and only just begun  
to reach our destiny. 
Still got a long hill left to climb,  
come on let's find our way back to New Orleans. 

Outro: 
              G    D   A 
Come on let's find our way.  
            G    D   A 
Come on and find our way. 
              G    D   A  
Come on let's find our way. 

G   D   E 

A   C#m/A   D Dm  A 
A   C#m/A   D Dm  A 

A~ 


The little fills you hear off of the A and E chords: 
e|---0--0-----------0---|---0--0--------0------------------------------------| 
B|---2-----(2)----3-----|---0-----0-------3----------------------------------| 
G|---2--------2---------|---1-------1----------------------------------------| 
D|---2------------------|---2------------------------------------------------| 
A|---0------------------|---2------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------|---0------------------------------------------------|
  

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