Chords for John Boutté - Marie Laveau

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[B] _ _ [Em] _ _ There lived a conjure [Am] lady [Bm] long ago in [Em] New Orleans, Louisiana, [Abm] named Marie Laveau.
[Em] _ [G] Believe it or not, _ [A] strange [B] as it seems, [Em] she made a fortune [Gm] selling voodoo [Gbm] and interpreting [Em] dreams. _
She was known throughout [Ab] the nation [Eb] [Em] as a voodoo queen.
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Folks [Gm] came to her from miles [Bm] and miles around.
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She showed them how [Abm] to put that [Gbm] [Em] voodoo down. _
The voodoo [C] lady, they [Eb] would go. _ _
[Em] Rich, [B] educated, ignorant, [Abm] and [Em] poor.
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_ She'd snap her fingers and shake her hand, _
[Em] then tell them about their lovers, [C] living [Em] or dead. _
There was an old lady [A] named [Bm] Widow Brown. _
[Em] She asked why her [C] lover stopped [Bb] coming [G] around. _
[D] The voodoo gazed into her crystal ball.
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I seen him kissing a young [Gbm] girl way up [E] in Shakespeare _ [Em]
Park, standing near [Abm] an oak tree
[Em] in the dark.
Oh, Marie [G] Laveau.
Oh, [Em] Marie Laveau.
Hey, Marie Laveau.
[G] Yeah, [Am] Marie [G] Laveau.
[E] Oh, Marie [G] Laveau, [C] the [G] voodoo queen, way [Gb] down [G] in [Bb] [C] New [Em] Orleans.
Now, old Widow [G] Brown, [C] she lost [G] her speech.
[Em] Tears started [Cm] to [B] roll [Bm] down her [Ebm] cheeks.
[Em] She says, hush, my darling.
_ [C] [Ab] Don't you [Eb] cry.
[E] I'll make him come [G] [Gbm] back.
[Gbm] Well, [B] bye, [Em] bye. _
Now, sprinkle [G] this snake dust all over your [Gbm] float.
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He'll come back Friday [B] morning when a rooster [Em] crows.
Oh, Marie Laveau.
Oh, Marie Laveau.
Marie Laveau.
Yeah, Marie Laveau.
Oh, [Ab] [Em] Marie [N] Laveau, the voodoo queen, [Em] way down [Gm] yonder [Gbm] in [Em] New Orleans.
_ [G] Now, Marie Laveau [Am] held [Eb] them all in her hand.
[Em] New Orleans [G] was her [B] promised land.
_ [Em] _ Quality folks [A] come from [B] far and near.
[Em] This [Bb] wonder woman, [Em] _ far to here.
_ [G] They were afraid to be [C] seen at [Eb] her gate.
[Am] [Em] They would creep through the dark [Gb] to [B] hear their fate.
[Bm] _ [Em] Holding their veil over their head, they would tremble to [C] hear [Gb] what Marie [Em] Laveau said.
Oh, Marie Laveau.
Oh, Marie Laveau.
Marie Laveau. _ _
_ Oh, Marie Laveau, _ [A] voodoo queen, [Em] way down [Gm] yonder [Db] in [Em] New Orleans.
_ Now she made gris [Am]-gris with an [B] old ram's horn, [Em] _ stuffed with [B] feathers and shocks from [Gb] a car,
[G] a big black cannon, [B] and a catfish fin.
[Em] May the [E] man get delusional [B] and [G] give up his sin. _
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_ _ Sad news [F] got out one [G] morning [C] at the dawn [Fm] of day.
Marie Laveau [C] had passed [E] away.
_ [Fm] In St.
Louis [Ab] Cemetery, [G] [Eb] she lays in a tomb.
[Fm] She [Bb] was buried [Fm] at night [Bb] on the wake of [Fm] the moon.
Oh, Marie Laveau.
Oh, _ _ _ Marie Laveau.
_ _ _ _ Since, [Ab] believe [Bbm] in the voodoo [C] queen, _
_ [Fm] _ _ way down yonder _ _ [Abm] [C] in New Orleans. _
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_ _ Way [G] down yonder [C] in New _ _ Orleans. _ _
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_ _ [F] _ _ That's it. _