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I Wish I Was In New Orleans

Tom Waits
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
 GENE
  1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
 
 
 
 
 
  Well  I wish  I was in  New  Orleans
   I can  see it  in my dreams
   Arm  in arm down  Bur gun  dy
  1 2 3 4 1 2 ( last measure, in 2/4 )
   A bottle  and  my friends  and
   me.  Hoist  up afew tall  cool ones play some
  1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ( standard beat, long words )
   pool  and listen to that  tenor saxophone
   callin  me home.
  And I can hear the band begin
  When the Saints Go Marchin' In
  By the whiskers on my chin
  New Orleans I'll be there
  I'll drink you under the table
  ---- red nose, go for a walk
  the old haunts what I wants
  is red beans and rice
  And wear the dress I like so well
  Meet me at the old saloon
  Make sure there's a Dixie Moon
  New Orleans I'll be there
  And deal the cards, roll the dice
If it ain't that ole ---------
  Sam Jones and all?????
  And I wish I was in New Orleans
  I can see it in my dreams
  Arm in arm down Burgundy
 (rit) A bottle and, my friends and me,
  New Orleans I'll be there

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Readable chord sheet for I Wish I Was In New Orleans by Tom Waits

[Eb]  [F#]  [A]
 [C]

GENE

        1    2    3    4    1    2    3       4

 [C]          [C9]         [F]          [C]

 [C]          [Am7]        [D7]         [Dm7]      [G]

 [C]          [C9]         [F]
 [Em7]  [Ebdim7]

 [C]          [G7]         [C]          [G7]

 [C]Well I wish[C9]  I   was  [F]in   New   [Cadd9]  Orleans

 [C]       I   [Am7]can   see  [Dm7]it   in my [G7]dreams

 [C]       Arm [C9] in   arm d[F]own  Bur  g[Cadd9]un  dy

        1   2     3     4   1       2         ( last measure, in 2/4 )

 [C]       A bo[Am7]ttle  and  [Dm7] my  frie[G7]nds and

 [C]       me. [C9]      Hoist[F] up afew ta[G7]ll  cool ones play some

        1    2    3     4        1  2  3  4   ( standard beat, long words )

 [C]       pool[Am7] and  listen to [D7]that tenor saxophone

 [G]       cal[G7]lin me home.

        And I can hear the band begin
        When the Saints Go Marchin' In
        By the whiskers on my chin
        New Orleans I'll be there

        I'll drink you under the table
        ---- red nose, go for a walk
        the old haunts what I wants
        is red beans and rice

        And wear the dress I like so well
        Meet me at the old saloon
        Make sure there's a Dixie Moon
        New Orleans I'll be there

        And deal the cards, roll the dice
        If it ain't that ole ---------
        Sam Jones and all?????

        And I wish I was in New Orleans
        I can see it in my dreams
        Arm in arm down Burgundy
(rit)   A bottle and, my friends and me,
        New Orleans I'll be there

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