Chords for Levon Helm & Rick Danko - Evangeline

_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Alone in the [Eb] pale moonlight _ _
Waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler
Who said that he'd [Ab] return tonight
_ _ They used to walk on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
And love him the [Eb] whole night through
Until the riverboat gambler went off to make a living
And bring it on [Ab] home to you
_ _ _ [Db] The _ Evangeline, [Ab] _ Evangeline
[Eb] A [Ab] curse is the soul of the Mississippi [Eb] queen
That pulled her [Ab] man away
Well _ _ now by you Sam, down in South Louisiana
Had a gamblin' [Eb] on his brain _
_ Evangeline from the Maritimes
Was slowly [Ab] goin' insane
She _ _ stands on the top of a hickory hill
Alone in the lightning [Eb] and the thunder
_ Down on the river the boat was a-sinkin'
And she watched that [Ab] queen go under
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Evangeline, _ Evangeline
[Eb] A curse is the soul [Ab] of the Mississippi queen
[Eb] That pulled her [Ab] man away _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ Evangeline, [Ab] _
Evangeline
[Eb] A curse is the [Ab] soul of the Mississippi queen
[Eb] That pulled her [Ab] man away _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _