New Orleans Wins The War

A7/G E/G# D7/C E B7sus4/F# E/G# B7sus4/F# Don't remember much about my baby days E B7/D# E E7 But I've been told F E We used to live on Willow in the Garden District A7-9 B7 E Next to the sugar bowl E B7sus4/F# E/G# B7sus4/F# Momma used to wheel me past an ice cream wagon E B7sus4/F# E/G# E7 One side for white and one side for colored A E I remember the trash cans floatin' down Canal Street B7 E Em6 E It rained every day one summer Middle 8 C#m E Momma used to take me to Audubon Park A B7 E E7 Show me the ways of the world A E She’d say, "Here comes a white boy, there goes a black one B7 E E7 That one's an octaroon A E This little cookie here's a macaroon B7 E E7 That big round thing's a red balloon A E And the paper down here's called the picayune B7 A E And here's a New Orleans tune" | E | G#7 | C#m | A | | E/B | B | E | % | F C7sus4/G F/A C7sus4/G In 1948 my Daddy came to the city F C7sus4/G F/A F7 Told the people they'd won the war Bb F Maybe they'd heard it, maybe not C7 F Probably they'd heard it and they just forgot Bb F 'Cause they built him a platform in Jackson Square C7 F And the people came to hear him from everywhere Bb F They started to party and partied some more C7 Bb F 'Cause New Orleans had won the war | F F#dim7 | C/G C7 | F F#dim7 | C/G C7 | (We knew we'd do it, we done whip the yankees) | F F7/Eb | Bb/D Bbm/Db | * | * D7 | (orchestral link) Verese 4 G D7sus4/A G/B D7sus4/A Daddy said, "I'm gonna get this boy out of this place G D7sus4/A G/B G7 Bound to sap his strength C G People have fun here, and I think that they should D7 G G7 But nobody from here ever come to no good C G They're gonna pickle him in brandy and tell him he's saved D7 G G7 Throw firecrackers all 'round his grave" C G Took us down to the airport, flew us back to L.A D7 C G That was the end of my baby days G B7 Em Em/D C Blue blue morning, blue, blue day G/D D G All your bad dreams drift away G B7 Em Em/D C It's a blue, blue morning, of a blue, blue day G/D D G Lose those bad dreams C Cm Those gray clouds above you G G7 What you want them around with you for? A7 You got someone to love you D A7sus4/E Fdim7 D/F# Who could ask for more? G B7 Em Em/D C It's a blue, blue morning, of a blue, blue day G/D D G All your bad dreams drift away