Run #1: Run #2:
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Verse 1:
DEmG#GD
So long Rayne, Louisiana, never see me no more.
DEm
Hundred dollars, thirty days in the slammer,
FGD
I'd rather hit the road.
DEmG#GD
I found I'm goin crazy everyday here the same.
EmFGD
I'm bound to go to the city where nobody knows my name.
Break 1:
EmD/F#G
How many days can I walk this road from the levee
EmD/F#
To the farm? Wake up in the moring in the same old
GGm
Place. Only the leavin' is left and gone.
Repeat Intro
Verse 2:
DEmG#GD
So long ol' New Orleans, nothing but a waste of time.
EmFGD
Hot nights down in the quarter, took me my last dime.
EmG#G
Well I count the waves in the water just like an old
DEmFG
Drunk bum. Deep down Mississippi river, where's it all
D
Come from?
Break 2:
EmD/F#G
How many days can you spend in the shadows, hidin' from
EmD/F#G
The sun? Waitin' for the night to lay your money on a point
Gm
That never comes.
Repeat Intro 2x's
Verse 3:
DEmG#GD Run #2
So long New York City, my dreams are dead and gone.
EmFGD
No heart, no damn pity, I believe I'm headed home.
EmG#GD
One time before I'm leavin' I'm gonna roll them dice.
EmFGD
If it comes in I got no worries, I lose I lose my life.
Break 3:
EmD/F#G
How many days can I spend in the middle of the black
EmD/F#
Concrete and cars? Been so cruel and care so little
GGm
'Bout a man that's come so far.
Repeat Intro
D
So long, Rayne, Louisiana, never see me no more...
D(2) Em(2) G#(1) G(1) D(1)
D(2) Em(2) F(1) G(1) D(1) UNTIL END OF SONG
enjoy :)
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