New Orleans Ladies
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[Intro: ]B Ebm7 Abm F# E F# B F# From Tab Benoit's 2008 "Night Train To Nashville" CD
B Ebm7 Abm Dbm E
1. New Orleans ladies. A sassy style that'll, drive you crazy.
B Ebm7 Abm Dbm F#
And they hold you like the light, hugs a wick, when there's candles burnin.
B Ebm7 Abm Dbm E
Them Creole babies. Are thin and brown, and downright lazy.
B Ebm7 Abm Dbm F#
And they roll, Oh just like the river. A little way, but last forever.
Chorus:
B F# B Ebm7 Abm
All the way. From Bourbon Street, to Asplanade.
E E-F# B F#
They sashay by. They sashay by.
B Ebm7 Abm Dbm E
2. New Orleans Ladies. A flair for life. For love and laughter.
B Ebm7 Abm Dbm F#
And they hold you like the night. Like it holds a chill, when
B Ebm7 Abm Dbm
there's cold winds blowin. Them Creole babies, you know they, strut and sway,
E B Ebm7 Abm
from dusk till dawning. And they, roll roll just like a river.
Dbm F#
A little way's gonna last, last forever.
Chorus:
B F# B Ebm7 Abm
All the way. From Bourbon Street, to Asplanade.
E E-F# B F#
They sashay by. They sashay by.
INSTRUMENTAL:
B Ebm7 Abm Abm Dbm E
B Ebm7 Abm Abm Dbm F#
B Ebm7 Abm Abm Dbm E
B Ebm7 Abm Abm Dbm F#
Chorus:
B F# B Ebm7 Abm
All the way. From Bourbon Street, to Asplanade.
E E-F# B F#
They sashay by. They sashay by.
B F# B Ebm7 Abm
All the way. From Bourbon Street, to Asplanade.
E E-F# B Ebm7 Abm F# E F# B
They sashay by. They sashay by.
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