Louisiana Purchase Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Andr[G]ew, darl[C]ing. Yes,
[Am]Kay?
[G]Andrew, darling,
would you take my coat, [F#]please?
Oh, all [G]right.
Well, just a second, honey.
I got too unbuttoned.
[F#]Oh. Well.
Have you been down [G]south lately, Kay?
Hmm? I say, have you been down
[F#]south [C]lately?
Well, as a matter of [G]fact,
Dick, darling, [B]I have.
[C]I've just come back from the
darling [G]south
where I had a perfectly darling
time.
Oh, what'd you do down there, Kay?
Well, Don Darlin',
what I was doin' down there was
this.
It was a little real
estate bargainin'.
Do you want to [B]hear about it?[G]
[F#]Robert [G]Darlin', do you?
Why, I sure do, Kay.
Well, all right, Darlin'.
Boing, boing.
Louisiana Purchase.
I'll tell you what it means.
It means I'd like to sell
you New Orleans.
Come on, come on.
An[C]d you all can go to [G]town
way down in New Orleans.
Louisiana salesman with
nothin' in his jeans.
That's why he'd like to sell
you New Orleans.
[F#]Come on, come on,
[C]do all the things there [F#]are to do.
[Abdim]New Or le[G]ans!
[C]Where does that heat come from?
[B]That rhythmic beat [C]come from?
[G]And that red meat come [A]from?
[G]New Or[D]leans!
[G]Louisiana Purchase,
[D]I've [G]told you what it means.
It means I'd like to sell
you New Orleans.
Come on, come on,
and [Fm]you can all go to [G]town.
Way [Eb]down in New Orleans.
[G]Oh, you can tak[F#]e your
[B]Philadelphia Scrapple
and your [F#]Boston [B]Baked Beans,
but the [F#]love of [B]my life [A#]is N[F#]ew Orleans.
[B]Fort Sant, Louisiana.
[F#]It's just a few point[G#]s by
Louisiana. [Eb]Riva!
[Gb]That's where those blue,
blue [Ab]points come from,
[D#]Louisiana. [F#]in New [E#m]Orleans.
Ah, [Em]New Orleans [A]is in Louisi
[D]ana.[B][D]
[Bm]Louisiana, my [Em]home [F#]is in Louisia[G]na.
[D]Oh, New [G]Or [Bb]leans,
where [C]they have the Mardi Gras,
[Dm]where they all get [Bb]dressed up
and [C]walk around [Abaug]and laugh[C]. Ha, h[G]a.[B]
[F#]Oh, shrimps and rice and chicken g[B]umbo.
That beautiful [Bb]girl sits right on
the [Bm]Gulf [D]Stream.
Louisiana Purchase.
Ha, ha.
I'll tell you what it [B]means.
[F#]Ha, ha, [B]ha.
Louisiana Purchase,
I'll tell you what it means.
Oh, [F#]if you want to m[Ab]ake a pu[B]rchase.
[F#]We w[B]ill give you f[E]irst chance.
[B]At a price.
So ain't that [F#]nice![C#][F#]
[B]Oh, no place could be grander
No place could be grander
Than my Louisiana
Louisiana!
[F#]Louisiana my [G]hom[F#]e.[B]
No place could be grander
Than my Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
It's for sale
[B]We want to [C#]buy it
It's awesome!
[B]