Dixie Drug Store Cifras

Released: 23 Feb 1993
Album:    Fuzzy
 
 
Capo: 1 fret
 
 
[Intro]
A  G  D
A  G  D
A  G  D
A  G       D
Ooooh Jambalaya,
A  G       D
Ooooh Jambalaya.
 
 
[Verse 1]
       A                 G
It was muggy July around supper time,
       D
When I pulled into New Orleans,
  A                        G
I got dropped off at South Rampart Street,
      D
I was hungry for a plate of greens.
 
 
[Verse 2]
   A                   G
I made my way down the banquette,
              D
Where I could see an open door,
    A                       G
And overhead a sign made of painted pine read,
    D
The Dixie Drug Store.
 
 
[Verse 3]
A                      G
Peppers and roots were hanging,
         D
From the rafters above,
           A               G
There were oils and sprays all on display,
    D
For money luck and for love.
 
 
[Verse 4]
A                 G
I reached down to pick one up,
       D
When a dark hand grabbed my arm,
       A                G
And before I could see just who it was,
         D
She said you don't want that charm.
 
 
[Hook]
 A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
 
 
[Verse 5]
    A                     N.C.
The last man to walk that thing out of here,
N.C.
Just up and disappeared,
          A              G
Found his wallet and his wingtip shoes,
       D
Near a tombstone down in Algiers.
 
 
[Verse 6]
A                G
What you need my travelling friend,
     D
Is a place to wash your jeans,
      A               G
And I wouldn't be the least surprised,
            D
If you were hungry for a plate of greens.
 
 
[Verse 7]
    A              G
She beckoned me on up the stairs,
          D
For she'd done made up her mind,
     A                     G
Said take off your hat and kick off your boots,
    D
And leave your pride behind.
 
 
[Hook]
A  G  D
 A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
A  G  D
 
 
[Verse 8]
    A                 G
She took me down to a secret place,
       D
In the bayou of her blankets,
    A                N.C.
She offered to share her bourbon,
N.C.
I thanked her,
N.C.
Then I drank it.
 
 
[Verse 9]
          A                  G
Through a small crack in the ceiling,
          D
Burst the Louisiana moon,
   A                 G
It shone down on our bodies,
    D
And we began to croon.
 
 
[Verse 10]
       A           G
Like a couple of coyotes,
        D
We were howling thru the night,
      A                 G
And I swear they were a beatin' those,
D
Conga drums outside.
 
 
[Hook]
 A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
 
 
[Verse 11]
   A                 G
We laughed until the mornin',
   D
By then my pants had dried,
  A                    G
I picked up my hat and pulled on my boots,
      D
And I gathered up my pride.
 
 
[Verse 12]
  A               G
I figured she had done stepped out,
         D
I didn't see her anywhere,
    A            G
And I set out to find her,
  D
I headed on downstairs.
 
 
[Verse 13]
A               G
Got down to the bottom,
             D
I couldn't believe my eyes,
A                 G
Gone were all the bottles,
        D
And the remedy supplies.
 
 
[Hook]
 A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
 
 
[Verse 14]
  A               G
I shouted out for Marie,
  D
I darted out the door,
   A              G
An old man on the wooden porch said,
D
What you in there for.
 
 
[Verse 15]
A              G
Son you got no business,
    D
The hoodoo store's been closed,
A           G
Long as I remember,
  D
A century I suppose.
 
 
[Verse 16]
    A             G
But Mister I just spent the night,
       D
With a young girl named Laveau,
   A              G
He said the Widow Paris,
     D
Done had a little laugh on you.
 
 
[Verse 17]
  A                G
I said you mean to tell me,
     D
That was the voodooin',
   A               G
He nodded yes none other,
    D
The Queen of New Orleans.
 
 
[Outro]
A  G  D
 A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
A  G  D
A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
A  G  D
A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
A  G  D
A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
A  G  D
A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
A  G  D
A  G       D
(Ooooh Jambalaya).
A  G  D
(Fade Out)
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