Intro:
A C#m/A D Dm A
Verse:
A C#m/A
Pardon me sir, you got a dime?
D Dm A
I'm trying to find my way back to New Orleans.
A C#m/A
Broke down and fallen on hard times,
D Dm A
I need just one kind favor to get back on my feet.
C#m D A
Lost my ticket for a Greyhound bus,
D A E
when it left me in the dust and gone away.
C#m D A D A E
Man at the station says, 'Boy get lost, start going your own way.'
A C#m/A D
Im walking 40 days and nights under the Texas sun,
Dm A
won't someone help me please?
A C#m/A
Pardon me sir, you got a dime?
D Dm A
I'm trying to find my way back to New Orleans.
A C#m/A D Dm A
Verse:
I did my time in Baton Rouge, in Birmingham and Huston, too,
but all I ever see
Was weary faces just like mine, waiting in endless lines,
just'a trying to find a seat.
Chorus:
Lost their tickets for a Greyhound bus,
when it left them in the dust and gone away.
Now all they're asking is for you to help their cause,
'cause they're going a long way.
They're walking 40 days and nights under the Texas sun,
won't someone help them please?
Spare just a dollar or a dime,
they're trying to find their way back to New Orleans.
Harmonica Solo:
G D A
G D A
G D A
G D E
Verse:
We're walking 40 days and nights and only just begun
to reach our destiny.
Still got a long hill left to climb,
come on let's find our way back to New Orleans.
Outro:
G D A
Come on let's find our way.
G D A
Come on and find our way.
G D A
Come on let's find our way.
G D E
A C#m/A D Dm A
A C#m/A D Dm A
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