New Orleans

C*
  In the city of dreams               C*
C*                     C*  C*     E|---------|
  Lies the city's ghost           B|--5h6-5--|
G|--5------| 
D|--5------| 
A|--3------| 
E|---------| 

Then:   C  Bb  F  C  - 2x's


VERSE:
C            Bb
There's a beginning
F            C
There's a middle and an end
         Bb            F                   C
In this city we reach out for the middle ground
           Bb      F        C
We throw a great party so hearts will start to mend
       Bb   F            G
We forgive, at least we try

VERSE:
        F                   G
In the mist of the sea of dreams
                 C
Lies a perfect storm
        F
In the sea of tears
G            C
Lies a city ghost
         F             G
In the spirit of the Mardi Gras
C            Bb
 Well, the people hope
             F                  F G
That their lives will get better

The people hope
             F                   F G
That their lives will get better


CHORUS:
F              G              C
I wanna get a room in New Orleans
         F            G                     C
I wanna sing in the streets of the French Quarter
              F
I wanna dress up
              G
I wanna wear beads
                C
I wanna wear feathers and lace
         Bb       F       F G
I wanna brush by Anne Rice
G                       C    F G
  And go down Bourbon Street

VERSE:
F G C
      I see a sea of smiles
F G             C
      I see a haunted city reachin' out
F      G                 C
I see hope in all their faces
   F                 G       C
Behind the mask of Mardi Gras
           F                       F G
Where the good and the righteous walk
                  C    F G
And the wicked as well


CHORUS:
F               G              C
I wanna get a room in New Orleans
          F            G                      C
I wanna sing in the streets of the French Quarter
              F
I wanna dress up
               G
I wanna wear beads
                C
I wanna wear feathers and lace
         Bb            F      F G
I wanna brush by the vampires

CHORUS:
          F       Bb   C
I wanna dress up, ooh yea
                F              G     C
I wanna wear feathers and lace Na Na Na Na
         F        Bb     C
I wanna brush by Anne Rice
F              G        C
 And go down Bourbon Street
     F            G        C
Mmm, go on down Bourbon Street

VERSE:
F             G
Within these rooms
     C
I go up to my balcony
 F               G               C
And I hang the paintings on the wall
       F            G
And I open up my gallery
       C
And I open up my doors
    F               F G
I stare at the city
    F               F G
I stare at my city


CHORUS:
F              G                C
I wanna get a room in New Orleans
         F           G                       C
I wanna sing in the streets of the French Quarter
              F
I wanna dress up
              G
I wanna wear beads
                C
I wanna wear feathers and lace
         Bb            F      F G
I wanna brush by the vampires


CHORUS:
F            G               C
I wanna get back to New Orleans
         F                G                     C
I wanna sing out in the streets of the French Quarter
              F
I wanna dress up
              G
I wanna wear beads
               C
I wanna wear feathers and lace
         Bb        F      F G
I wanna brush by Anne Rice
G                 F    F G
Go down Bourbon Street
G                 F    F G
Go down Bourbon Street
G                      F  F G
Go on down Bourbon Street
G                      F  F G
Go on down Bourbon Street
G
Go on down
F          F G
Go on down
G
Go on down
 F           G       C
Go on down Bourbon Street
C**
    In the city of tears
C**
    Lies the city ghost

           C**
E|---------| 
B|--5h6----| 
G|--5------| 
D|--5------| 
A|--3------| 

        E|---------|