Chords for Levon Helm & Rick Danko - Evangeline, Down South in New Orleans

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He said, on the banks of the mighty Mississippi, along in the [D] braille of moonlight, _ _ _
waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler, who said that he'd return [G] tonight.
_ _ _ _ They used to walk on the banks of the mighty Mississippi,
waiting, along in the whole [D] night through, until the riverboat gambler went off to make a living,
and bring it on [G] home to you.
_ _ _ _ The [C] _ _ Evangeline, [G] _
Evangeline, [D] who curses the soul [G] of the Mississippi queen,
[D] that poor little [G] man, he went _ _ _ _ _ down by New South, down in South Louisiana,
had a gamblin' on [D] his brain.
_ _ _ _ Evangeline, from the _ Maritimes, was a soul-pouring [G] insane. _ _
_ _ _ She'd stand on the top of a hickory hill, alone in the lightning [D] and the thunder.
_ _ Down on the river, the boat was a-sinking, and she watched that queen [G] go under. _ _
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Evangeline, [G] _ _ Evangeline, [D] who curses the soul [G] of the Mississippi queen, [D] that poor little [G] man, he went. _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ Evangeline, [D] Evangeline, who curses the soul [G] of the Mississippi queen, [D] that poor little man, [G] he went.
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_ _ _ _ Well, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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down south in New Orleans, the prettiest girls [D] I've ever seen,
Sparkling eyes, lips so sweet, we make [G] love to the rumba beat.
A shift in anchor, my suitcase packed, I got a one-way ticket, [D] ain't comin' back.
Life's a pleasure, love's a dream, [C] down south in [G] New Orleans. _
My dark-eyed baby, I'm on my way, back into [D] your arms to stay.
I'm tired of work, I want to play.
[G] Make sweet love to your night and day, down south in New Orleans.
The prettiest [D] girls I've ever seen, sparkling eyes, lips so sweet, we make love to [G] the rumba beat.
A shift in anchor, my suitcase packed, I got a one-way ticket, [D] ain't comin' back.
Life's a pleasure, love's a dream, down south in [G] New Orleans.
I'm gonna get to Luz down on Luz street, kiss all the [D] Creole girls that I meet, dance all day, drink all night,
[B] do it wrong until I do it [G] right, down south in New Orleans.
The prettiest girls [D] I've ever seen, sparkling eyes, lips so sweet, we make love to the rumba [G] beat.
A shift in anchor, my suitcase packed, I got a one-way [D] ticket, ain't comin' back.
Life's a pleasure, love's a dream, [G] down south in New Orleans. _ _ _
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