New Orleans Is Sinking Chords by The Tragically Hip

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New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't want to swim.
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[E] And I'm told, what's wrong?
What's going on?
Can't tie [G] yourself up for a [E] deal.
_ [G] He said, [A] I know [Am] what you're sound.
[A] Shut your [C] big [Em] mouth.
You got to [E] do [G] what you feel [Em] is real. _
[B] Ain't got no picture [D] postcards.
Ain't [A] got no [Em] souvenirs.
My baby, she don't know me when I'm thinking about those years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Hey, there's a light bulb hanging on the wire.
Soaking up to [E] someone just a stoke.
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[E] Picking [Em] out the highlights of the scenery. _
[E] Saw a [G] little cloud and [E] looked a [G] little like me.
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I had my hands in the river, [E] my feet [Em] back up on the banks.
Looked up to the Lord above and said, hey, man, thanks.
Sometimes I feel so good I got to scream.
She said, Garnie, baby, [E] I know exactly [Em] what you mean.
They said, _ she said, I swear to God, I said, _ _ _ _
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you.
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My memory and my [Em] little heart [A] says, remember that I'm in [B] New Orleans.
This is sinking man [A] and I don't want [E] to swim.
_ _ [Em] _ _ Swim. _ _
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