French Quarter

C#m             F#
French Quarter, quarter to four
C#m                     F#
The town is empty like a nuclear war
C#m               F#
The levee broke on Pontchartrain
C#m                  F#
I'm feeling blue like John Coltrane
      B               Ebm E
Oh its fine baby
              B                Ebm 
Oh I swear its fine, lover
E E7

C#m                 F#
Carpetbagger tried to fix my house
C#m               F#
Low baller tried to put me out
C#m             F#
At least I got my gospel stone
C#m            F#
My house fell into the swamp
    B                 Ebm      E
Well I need somebody to help me out
B                       Ebm     
I've lost it all but I've got my 
E
health

    B        Bb/B
You, you oughta know
          G#m
You've been kicking me around
   F#                          E
And I don't want to lose my own home
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          Ebm          C#m
It ain't no joke; I was raised in 
this town
   C#m  Ebm  E  F#  B
The south is in my blood
         Bb/B           G#m
Its in the mud, they were clearing 
out my house
     F#                        
But I teared it all down to the 
E              Ebm
stud, all this love
         C#m                     
Is what's fixing my house, fixing up
F#7
 my house

Solo:
C# - Eb, E

C#m        F#     C#m            
I ain't no refugee, I'm a person 
 F#
can't you see
C#m                   F#
Lord I'm humbled from what I see
     B                     Ebm    
Oh you are the one that can build 
  E
me up
B                       Ebm       
I've lost it all but I've got your 
E
health

B             Bb/B               
You, you oughta know, they've been 
G#m
kicking me around
   F#                              
And I still don't want to leave my 
  E                 Ebm
own home, it ain't no joke
     C#m                     C#m  
I was born in this town; the south
Ebm E  F#  B
 is in my blood
         Bb/B          G#m
Its in the mud, they're clearing 
down my house
           F#                     
And tearing everything down to the 
E
stud
       Ebm            C#m         
All this love, is gonna fix up my 
          F#7
house; fix up my house, hey hey!

Solo:
G#m F# Eb C#m

  B              Bb/B       G#m
Oh you, you oughta know, I've lost 
everything
   F#              E           
But I still have my soul, and 
Ebm        C#m
my home, I believe in you

C#m  Ebm  E  F#

B            Bb/B             
You, you oughta know, I've been 
G#m
kicked around
      F#                       
But no way I'm gonna give up my 
E                Ebm
home, it ain't no joke
     C#m                     C#m  
I been born in this town, the 
Ebm  E  F# B
south is in my blood
         Bb/B           G#m
Its in the mud, you'll be clearing 
out my house
              F#                 
You're ripping everything down to 
    E             Ebm            
the stud, all this love, is gonna 
C#m
fix up my house
F#7                         C#m  
Fix up my house!
F#  C#m  F#  C#m  F#  B  Ebm E