New Orleans is Beat by The Tragically Hip
Tabbed by Steve Fissel (sfissel@shaw.ca)

Intro Riff
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D5              B5             E5
Your smile is fading a bit so I ration it
G5
don't think about it
D5             B5
here where the Mississippi quits
E5                       G5
where its still got a bit of Minnesota in it

D5 - B5 - E5 - G5

D5                   B5
No one will give you a thing these days
E5                G5
they'd rather kill it or throw it away
D5                    B5
you don't 'do' dark American streets so
E5       G5
if New Orleans is beat
Bm
if New Orleans is beat
G
if New Orleans is beat
D
if New Orleans is beat
E5
if New Orleans is beat
G
where's that leave you and me?

D5 - B5 - E5 - G5

D5                  B5
The river takes takes takes and takes
E5                G5
it doesn't change and only changes
D5                B5
see it there in a picture with me
E5                     G5
there's a caption beneath "New Orleans is beat"
Bm
and if New Orleans is beat
G
if New Orleans is beat
Dm
if New Orleans is beat
Em
if New Orleans is beat
G

D5 - B5 - G5 - E5

end on D5

Chords Used

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