Standard (EADGBE)

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Vs. I. On the water down in New Orleans

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My baby's the pearl of the Quarter

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She's a charmer like you've never seen

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Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous

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Vs. II. Where the sailor spends his hard-earned pay

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Red beans and rice for a quarter

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You can see her almost any day

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Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous

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Chorus

And if you hear from my Louise

Won't you tell her I say hello

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Please make it clear when her

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Day is done she's got a place to go

(DO INTRO FOR TURNAROUND)

(Chords for vs. 3 & 4 same as for vs. 1 & 2)

Vs.III. I walked alone down the miracle mile

I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr

She stole my heart with her cajun smile

Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous

Vs. IV. She loved the million-dollar words I say

She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her

She said she loved me and was on her way

Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous

* CHORUS * (NO TURNAROUND)

Lead Break: |

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* TO CHORUS*

* TURNAROUND*

(End on "C")

Chord Formations: Most of the chords in the verses are fairly basic

so I'll just lay out the ones in the chorus:

"I'd rather a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy" -who knows