Intro/Main riff/Verse:
* *
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------7p6-------7p6-----------------|
D|-9-9-------7-7------2-2-5---5---5---|
A|-9-9-------7-7------2-2-5---5---5---|
E|-7-7-------5-5------0-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|
Pre Chorus:
:you can do a bit of a slide here if you want.
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Chorus:
D A B G
Oh, oh, shala-lala I was dancing with the queen of New Orleans
D A B G
Oh, oh, shala-lala I was dancing in the streets of New Orleans
D A B G
Oh, oh, shala-lala nothing's what it seems in New Orleans
D A C
Oh, oh, it was almost like a dream
Solo: I think it has a backwards effect like R.E.M's "what's the frequency,
Kenneth?",
and so it's pretty hard to work out.
Here's what you play over the solo anyway:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------|
Last chorus: The last chorus of this song is interesting...
there's a key change...something you don't see that often.
All it means though is that you move all the chords up 2 frets.
E B C# A
Oh, oh, shala-lala I was dancing with the queen of New Orleans
E B C# A
Oh, oh, shala-lala I was dancing in the streets of New Orleans
E B C# A
Oh, oh, shala-lala nothing's what it seems in New Orleans