{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1717966,"song":"New Orleans Is Sinking","artist":"The Tragically Hip","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11363514-new-orleans-is-sinking-chords-by-the-tragically-hip/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1717966?type=chord","rating":4.76752,"votes":245,"content":"[tab]E|----------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------|\r\nD|--------2-----------0--0h2--|\r\nA|-----------2-----2----------|\r\nE|--0--0--------3-------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]E|----------0-----------------------------------0--------------------------|\r\nB|--3p0--0-----3p0----------------------3p0--0-----3p0---------------------|\r\nG|------------------4p0--3p0--2p0-----------------------4p0--3p0--2p0------|\r\nD|---------------------------------2p0---------------------------------2---|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]E|----------0--------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--3p0--0-----3p0---------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|------------------4p0--3p0--2p0--4p0--3p0--2p0--2s4--4--4--4--4----------|\r\nD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBourbon Blues, on the street, loose and complete[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUnder skies of smokey blue -green[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI cant forsake a dixie dead shake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo we danced the sidewalk clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy memory is muddy, what?s this river that I?m in?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]         \r\nHey New Orleans is sinkin, man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I dont want to swim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nColonel Tom, what's wrong? What's going on?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can't tie yourself up for a deal[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, Hey, north, you're south, shut your big mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou gotta do what you feel is real[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]            \r\nAin't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy baby she don't know me when I'm thinking bout those years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPale as a light bulb hanging on a wire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSucking up to someone just to stoke the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPicking out the highlights of the scenery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSaw a little cloud that looked a little like me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLooked up to the lord above and said, Hey, man, thanks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I feel so good I got to scream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said, Gordie, baby, I know exactly what you mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe said, she said, I swear to god she said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNew Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't want to swim[/tab]\r\nSwim","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSwim","chords":["E","B","G","D","A","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}