Back to New Orleans Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Bm][C][Cm][G]

[Verse 1]
Pardon me [G]sir,
you've got a [D]dime?
I'm trying [Bm]to find my wa[C]y
back to [Cm]New Or[G]leans
Broke down and fallen on hard times,
I [Bm]need just one kind [C]fa vor to
get back on [Cm]my f[G]eet[Bm]
Lost my ticket for a [C]Greyhound [G]bus when it [C]left
me in the [G]dust and gone [D]away[Bm]
Man at the station told me [C]boy get [G]lost,
Start [C]pulling your [G]own weight.
[D]

[Verse 2]
[G]
I'm walking forty days and [Bm]night,
under the Texas [C]sun,
Won't someone [Cm]help me [G]please
Pardon me sir, you've got a [D]dime?
I'm trying [Bm]to fi[G]nd my way
[C]back to [Cm]New Orleans
[G][Bm][C][Cm]
[G]I did my time in Baton Rou[D]ge,
[G]Bir[Bm]mingham and Huston too[C],
But all I've [Cm]ever [G]seen was
weary faces just like [D]mine,
[G]Waiting in end[Bm]less [C]lines just
trying to [Cm]find a seat.
[G]

[Verse 3]
[Bm]
Lost my ticket for a [C]Greyhound [G]bus when it [C]left
me in the [G]dust and gone [D]away[Bm]
Now all I'm asking,
is for you to [C]help their [G]cause,
Because they [C]are going
a [G]long [C]way[D][G]
They're walking forty days and nights,
un[D]der [Bm]the [D]Texas [Bm]sun,[C]
Won't someone help [Cm]them [G]please
Spare just a dollar or a dime,
They are [D]trying to find their [C]way back [Cm]to New Or

[Interlude 1]
leans.
[G][F][C][G][F][C]
[G][F][C][G][F][C]
[D][G]

[Verse 4]
They're walking [G]forty days and nights,
And only just [C]begun to
read [Cm]our des[G]tiny
Still got a long hill left [Bm]to climb,
Come [G]on let's find our [C]way back
[Cm]to New Orl[G]eans.
Come on let's [F]find [C]our [G]way
Come on and [F]find [C]our [G]way,
Come on let's [F]find [C]our [G]way.

[Outro 1]
[F][C][D][G]
[C][Cm][G]
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