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Planet Of New Orleans

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Intro.:   Am7    Fmaj7    A#    E    Dm    E7    Am7    C    Fmaj7    A#    E    Dm   E7    Am    C    F    Fmaj7    A#    E    Dm7  E7  
        Am7  Fmaj7  Am7  Fmaj7  Em  Fmaj7  Em
Am7Standin' in the cornerFmaj7  
  B7Of Toulouse and DauAm7phine
    Dm  E7Waitin' on Marie-OnAm7dine
I'm Am7tryin' to place a tune
Under a LouFmaj7isiana moonB7beam
  DmOn the E7planet of New OrAmleans
In a bAm7ar they call The SaturnFmaj7  
  B7And in her eyes of Egreen
  DmAnd E7somethin' that she said in a Am7dream
InAm7side of my suit I got my Fmaj7mojo root
And a B7true love figurine
  DmFor the E7planet of New OrAmleans
Chorus:
  Am7New Orleans E7- With other life upon it
  And everythin' that's shakin' in betAmween
  Am7If you should ever land upon it
    E7You better know what's on it
    DmThe E7planet of New OrAmleans
Now I'm Am7tryin' to find my wayFmaj7  
  B7Through the rain and the sEteam
  DmI'm E7lookin' straight ahead through the sAm7creen
And Am7then I heard her sayFmaj7  
B7Somethin' in the limousine
'bout Dmtaking a ride across the E7planet of New OrAm7leans
Instr.:   Am7    Fmaj7    B7    E7    Dm    E7    Am7    Fmaj7    B7    Dm   E7--> 2x
        Am7  Fmaj7  Am7  Fmaj7  Em7  Fmaj7 Em7
If Am7she was an ace
And Fmaj7I was just a jack
And the B7cards were never seeEn
  DmWe E7could have been the king and the quAm7een
But she Am7took me back to Fmaj7her courtyard
Where maB7gnolia perfume screams
Behind the Dmgates and the granites
Of the E7planet of New OrAmleans
Chorus twice
Instr.:   Am7    Fmaj7    B7    E    Dm    E7  Am7  
          Am7    Fmaj7    A#    E7    Dm     E7--->  repeate to fade

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Planet Of New Orleans

by Dire Straits

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Fmaj7

Dm7

Em7

Am7 Fmaj7 A# E Dm E7 Am7 C Fmaj7 A# E Dm E7 Am C F Fmaj7 A# E Dm7 E7

Intro.:

Am7 Fmaj7 Am7 Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em

Am7 Fmaj7

Standin' in the corner

B7 Am7

Of Toulouse and Dauphine

Dm E7 Am7

Waitin' on Marie-Ondine

Am7

I'm tryin' to place a tune

Fmaj7 B7

Under a Louisiana moonbeam

Dm E7 Am

On the planet of New Orleans

Am7 Fmaj7

In a bar they call The Saturn

B7 E

And in her eyes of green

Dm E7 Am7

And somethin' that she said in a dream

Am7 Fmaj7

Inside of my suit I got my mojo root

And a true love figurine

Dm E7 Am

For the planet of New Orleans

Chorus:

Am7 E7

New Orleans - With other life upon it

And everythin' that's shakin' in between

Am7

If you should ever land upon it

You better know what's on it

Dm E7 Am

The planet of New Orleans

Am7 Fmaj7

Now I'm tryin' to find my way

B7 E

Through the rain and the steam

Dm E7 Am7

I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen

Am7 Fmaj7

And then I heard her say

Somethin' in the limousine

Dm E7 Am7

'bout taking a ride across the planet of New Orleans

Am7 Fmaj7 B7 E7 Dm E7 Am7 Fmaj7 B7 Dm E7

Instr.: --> 2x

Am7 Fmaj7 Am7 Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7

Am7

If she was an ace

Fmaj7

And I was just a jack

B7 E

And the cards were never seen

Dm E7 Am7

We could have been the king and the queen

Am7 Fmaj7

But she took me back to her courtyard

Where magnolia perfume screams

Behind the gates and the granites

E7 Am

Of the planet of New Orleans

Chorus twice

Am7 Fmaj7 B7 E Dm E7 Am7

Instr.:

Am7 Fmaj7 A# E7 Dm E7

---> repeate to fade

About Planet Of New Orleans Chords by Dire Straits

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