Dixie Drug Store Cifras

[Intro]
 
B A E
B A E
Ah ah ah
 
[Chorus]
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
[Verses]
 
       B                 A
It was muggy July around supper time
       E
When I pulled into New Orleans
  B                        A
I got dropped off at South Rampart Street
      E
I was hungry for a plate of greens
 
  B                    A
I made my way down the banquette
              E
Where I could see an open door
    B                       A
And overhead a sign made of painted pine read
    E
The Dixie Drug Store
 
B                     A
Peppers and roots are hanging
         E
From the rafters above
           B               A
There were oils and sprays all on display
    E
For money luck and for love
 
B                 A
I reached down to pick one up
       E
When a dark hand grabbed my arm
      B                A
And before I could see just who it was
        E
She say you don't want that charm
 
[Chorus]
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
[Verses]
 
    B                     A
The last man to walk that thing out of here
     E
Just up and disappeared
          B              A
Found his wallet and his wingtip shoes
       E
Near a tombstone down in Algiers
 
B                A
What you need my travelling friend
     E
Is a place to wash your jeans
  B               A
I wouldn't be the least surprised
            E
If you were hungry for a plate of greens
 
    B              A
She beckoned me on up the stairs
          E
For she'd done made up her mind
     B                       A
Said kick off your boots and take off your hat
    E
And leave your pride behind
 
[Chorus]
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
[Verses]
 
        B                  A
She was turnin' tricks and nothing clicked
        E
And the room was black as pitch
    B                 A
She had me backed up against the wall
      E
I was fumbling for the switch
 
        B                  A
I could hear her crack the shutters
     E
As I felt a little draft
         B               A
When she gave me a shove into the tub
              E
And said it's time to take your bath
 
  B               A
I lay there in my stockinged feet
      E
I was soaked from head to toe
       B                 A
At the same time down on Rampart Street
  E
I heard the trumpet blow
 
[Verses]
 
                               A
Sparks started poppin' from an old tin cup
  E
A-sitting on the window sill
    B                        A
The whole place smelled like matches
    E
And onions on the grill
 
      B                   A
I was catchin' cold and I told her so
     E
As I let out a little cough
    B                A
She told me since my pants were clean
    E
Why don't I just dry off
 
  B              A
I found myself a little tea-towel
E
Wrapped it around my waist
      B                   A
I was standin' there half-naked
       E
When I noticed we were face to face
 
[Chorus]
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
[Verses]
 
    B                 A
And now it seemed the picture's
E
Gettin' pretty strange
B                    A
Stripped bare in her chamber
      E
And I hadn't even asked her name
 
  B            A
I started to inquire
    E
She knocked me upside the head
   B              A
My noggin felt on fire
       E
As she pulled me into bed
 
    B              A
You needn't ask no questions
       E
Of the things that don't concern you
       B                    A
If you aren't afraid of the fire son
E
Fire it won't burn you
 
[Chorus]
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
[Verses]
 
N.C.
Then she took me down to a secret place
 
In the bayou of her blankets
    B                    A
She offered to share her bourbon
  E
I thanked her then I drank it
 
       B                  A
Thru a small crack in the ceiling
             E
Burst the Louisiana moon
   B                 A
It shone down on our bodies
    E
And we began to croon
 
       B           A
Like a couple of coyotes
        E
We were howling thru the night
      B                 A
And I swear they were a-beatin' those
E              B
Congo drums outside
 
[Chorus]
 
    A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
[Verses]
 
  B                A
I told her she was crazy
    E
And she replied it's true
        B            A
And she finally introduced herself
       E
As the famous Marie Laveau
 
  B                A
I said now come on darlin'
    E
She died a century ago
B                 A
Don't believe the paper she said
   E
It simply isn't so
 
  B                  A
I shot back that's impossible
      E
There ain't a ghost of a chance
      B               A
But I wouldn't turn a pretty ghost down
       E
If she asked me up to dance
 
   B                 A
We laughed until the mornin'
   E
By then my pants had dried
  B                    A
I picked up my hat and pulled on my boots
      E
And I gathered up my pride
 
[Chorus]
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
[Verses]
 
  B               A
I figured she had done stepped out
         E
I didn't see her anywhere
    B            A
And I set out to find her
  E
I headed on downstairs
 
  B               A
I got down to the bottom
  E
I couldn't believe my eyes
B                 A
Gone were all the bottles
        E
And the remedy supplies
 
  B               A
I shouted out for Marie
  E
I darted out the door
   B              A
An old man on the wooden porch said
E
What you in there for
 
B              A
Son you got no business
    E
The hoodoo store's been closed
B           A
Long as I remember
  E
A century I suppose
 
    B             A
But Mister I just spent the night
       E
With a young gal named Laveau
   B              A
He said the Widow Paris
     E
Done had a little laugh on you
 
  B                A
I said you mean to tell me
     E
That was the voodooin'
   B               A
He nodded yes none other
    E
The Queen of New Orleans
 
[Ending]
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
Ah ah ah
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
Oh oh oh
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
 
B   A      E
Ooh   Jambalaya
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