New Orleans Is Sinking bass tab by The Tragically Hip

New Orleans is Sinking by The Tragically Hip


[Intro/verse part A]

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Bourbon Blues, on the street, loose and complete
Under skies of smoky blue green


[Verse part B]

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I can’t forsake a dixie dead shake


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So we danced the sidewalk clean


[Verse part C]

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My memory is muddy, what’s this river that I’m in
Hey New Orleans is sinkin’ man, and I don’t wanna swim


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Colonel Tom, what's wrong? What's going on?
You can't tie yourself up for a deal


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He said hey north, you're south, shut your big mouth


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You gotta do what you feel is real


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Ain't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs
My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking about those years


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Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire
Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire
Picking out the highlights of the scenery
Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me
I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks
Looked up to the lord above and said, hey, man, thanks
Sometimes I feel so good I got to scream
She said Gordie baby, I know exactly what you mean
She said, she said, I swear to god she said


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My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?
New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't wanna swim

Swim!


**If you do the “Killer Whale Tank” version, this is a nice alternate to play under the rap.

[Riff A alternate]

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