Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) *Note - Original recording is tuned slightly sharp* Intro: E Chorus: E Baby don't go E Baby don't go E A Baby don't go down to New Orleans you know I love you so A G E Baby please don't go
Verse: E When the man done gone E When the man done gone E When the man done gone down the county farm A He got the shackles on A G E Baby please don't go E Don't leave me Interlude: E Verse: E I'll be a dog E I'll be a dog, woof E I'll be a dog kiss your way down here A When you walk along A G E Baby please don't go Chorus: E Baby don't go E Baby please don't go E Please don't go down to New Orleans A you know I love you so A G E Baby please don't go Interlude: E Bridge: E F No baby please don't leave me F# G Why must you go away and do this to me baby G# A A# I want to suffer for you, suffer, suffer B A A# B C C# D D# E Oh baby please don’t go Interlude: E No! Break: E Babe, babe, babe, please don't go, please don't go E Don’t go and leave me, please don't go E Babe, humm, babe, ah-uh E Oh don't go, no don't go E Ah don't go, no don't go E Ah don't go, don't go so slow E Ah don't go, no don't go E Why must you leave me lying on my back? E Going across the other side of the track E Found yourself a new man, I know E So baby please don't go E Baby please don't go Outro: E No, no, no, no F F# G Oh please, please don't leave me G# A I don't want to be left alone baby A# B A A# B C C# D D# E Ah don't go, don't go, don't go E No!