This version does not include the key changes that happen in the instrumental and final chorus.
*=1 Strum
Intro
[Em] [C] [B7] [C] [B7]
[Em] [C] [B7] [C] [B7]
[Em] [C]
[Em] [C]
Verse
[Em]
I walk the streets of New Orleans
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
With the girl of my dream's
[Em]
I've seen a dozen brass bands play and swing
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
While little children laugh , dance & sing
[Em]
I've seen old men drunk singin' the blues
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
With top hats and canes and spectator shoes
[Em]
I consider myself lucky to have fallen in love
[C]* [B7]* [C] [B7]
With a girl, the city and the river of mud
Chorus
[Em] [C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Let me know! Let me know! where I can go to save my soul?
[Em] [C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Let me know! Let me know! where I can go to save my soul?
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Where I can go to save my soul?
[Em] [C]
[Em] [C]
Verse
[Em]
I had a drink with ol' Louies' ghost
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
He was our most gracious host
[Em]
I've heard Gabriel singin' and playing his horn
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
And lived to see the day both my babies were born
[Em]
I love Jelly, Fats, Fes and king
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
They were the ones that taught the world to swing
[Em]
I consider myself lucky to have fallen in love
[C]* [B7]* [C] [B7]
With the music, the city and the river of mud
Chorus
[Em] [C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Let me know! Let me know! where I can go to save my soul?
[Em] [C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Let me know! Let me know! where I can go to save my soul?
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Where I can go to save my soul?
[Em]
New Orleans New Orleans
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Where I can go to save my soul?
[Em]
New Orleans New Orleans
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Where I can go to save my soul?
[C] [B7] [C] [B7]
Where I can go to save my soul?
[Em] [C]
[Em] [C]
Outro
