(CHORDS, LOW E TO HIGH E):
F#7 X9897X
E 779997
B 799877
F#7 E B F#7
B E
I'm sailin' sailin'
B
To a place I've never seen
E
That's way down south
B
Sweet 'ol New Orleans
F#7 E B F#7
Cause my hometown friend treats me awful mean
B
If I could holler
E B
Yeah holler
If I could scream and cry
E
It hurts me so
B
When I look up in the sky
F#7 E
Cause my friends turn their heads
B F#7
As they pass me by
B
Now it's rainin'
E B
It's rainin'
The wind's blowin' cold
E
Lord I thought I heard
B
My train whistle blow
F#7 E
Now I'm gonna sail so far
B F#7
Til I won't be back no more
B E B
E B
F#7 E B F#7
B E B
Pardon me, Pardon me
It's so hard to stand
E
I ain't got no money
B
Uncle Sam has called my name
F#7 E
Now there's not a soul
B F#7
To give me a helpin' hand
B E B
E F#7 B
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