University Of Bourbon Street
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Jimmy Buffett feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band
(From the 2023 Album EQUAL STRAIN ON ALL PARTS)
[Intro]
C A D7 G C
[Verse 1]
C
I guess the point of goin' to college
F C
Was to acquire myself a little knowledge
C
And help me figure out
G7 C7
What life was really all about
F
It made Peets and J.D. happy
F#dim
And set me wild and free
C
Then I danced out of Mississippi
A7 D7 G7 C
To the University of Bourbon Street
[Verse 2]
C
I sang, "Hey Pocky A-way"
F C
On the streetcar headed uptown
C
I went to class every day
G7
And never wore a frown
C
I was taught by the Neville Brothers
F F#dim
Benny Spellman, and a whole lotta others
C A7
That brass brand blew my mind
D7 G7 C
When I joined in the second line
[Bridge]
F
I felt the power of the gris-gris
F#dim Am Cdim
Got my soul saved by the backbeat
C A7
I was branded by Jean Lafitte
D G C
At the University of Bourbon Street
Bb C
I sang on a paddlewheel boat
Bb C
Floated down the Mississippi
Bb F C
Helped build a Mardi Gras float
G7
And smoked a joint with a beautiful hippie
[Verse 3]
C
I heard a church choir sing
C
"Change my guitar strings"
F
Thought things just couldn't get better
C A7
'Til I walked to the Central Grocery
Dm G C
And had myself a muffaletta
F
I took my lunchbox to the streetcar
F#dim Cdim
That Tennessee named, "Desire"
C A7
Then I followed my dancin' feet
D7 G7 C
To the University of Bourbon Street
[Interlude]
C7 F C G7 C7
F F#dim C A7 D7 G7 C
[Bridge]
C
Yeah, we got high-class, low-rent Voodoo information
C
Pat O'Brien's hurricane accreditation
C
Old-school sex education
G
And I learned how to eat
[Verse 4]
C
From the music and the people
C
To the cookin' and the joy
F7 F#
It really ain't a mystery
C A7
I just followed my dancin' feet
D7 G7 C
To the University of Bourbon Street
A7
I got my Lucky Dog Ph.D.
D7 G7 C
At the University of Bourbon Street
A7
Yeah, I just followed my dancin' feet
D7 G7 C
To the University of Bourbon Street
A7
And a Po' Boy Master's Degree
D7 G7 C
At the University of Bourbon Street
[Outro]
A7
It's all sweet, darling
D7 G7 C
University of Bourbon Street
C
Hand me that umbrella
A7
Follow me to school
D7 G7 C A7
University of Bourbon Street
D7 G7 C D7 G7 C
University of Bourbon Street
A7 D7 G7 C A7 D7 G7 C A7
D7 G7 C A7 D7 G7 C
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