Great song from the best
new band in America...
C#m F#
French Quarter, quarter to four
C#m F#
The town is empty like a nuclear war
C#m F#
The levee broke on Pontchartrain
C#m F#
I'm feeling blue like John Coltrane
B Ebm E
Oh its fine baby
B Ebm E E7
Oh I swear its fine, lover
C#m F#
Carpetbagger tried to fix my house
C#m F#
Low baller tried to put me out
C#m F#
At least I got my gospel stone
C#m F#
My house fell into the swamp
B Ebm E
Well I need somebody to help me out
B Ebm E
I've lost it all but I've got my health
B Bb/B
You, you oughta know
G#m
You've been kicking me around
F# E
And I don't want to lose my own home
Ebm C#m
It ain't no joke; I was raised in this town
C#m Ebm E F# B
The south is in my blood
Bb/B G#m
Its in the mud, they were clearing out my house
F# E Ebm
But I teared it all down to the stud, all this love
C#m F#7
Is what's fixing my house, fixing up my house
Solo:
C# - Eb, E
C#m F# C#m F#
I ain't no refugee, I'm a person can't you see
C#m F#
Lord I'm humbled from what I see
B Ebm E
Oh you are the one that can build me up
B Ebm E
I've lost it all but I've got your health
B Bb/B G#m
You, you oughta know, they've been kicking me around
F# E Ebm
And I still don't want to leave my own home, it ain't no joke
C#m C#m Ebm E F# B
I was born in this town; the south is in my blood
Bb/B G#m
Its in the mud, they're clearing down my house
F# E
And tearing everything down to the stud
Ebm C#m F#7
All this love, is gonna fix up my house; fix up my house, hey hey!
Solo:
G#m F# Eb C#m
B Bb/B G#m
Oh you, you oughta know, I've lost everything
F# E Ebm C#m
But I still have my soul, and my home, I believe in you
C#m Ebm E F#
B Bb/B G#m
You, you oughta know, I've been kicked around
F# E Ebm
But no way I'm gonna give up my home, it ain't no joke
C#m C#m Ebm E F# B
I been born in this town, the south is in my blood
Bb/B G#m
Its in the mud, you'll be clearing out my house
F# E Ebm C#m
You're ripping everything down to the stud, all this love, is gonna fix up my house
F#7 C#m F# C#m F# C#m F# B Ebm E
Fix up my house!
--MiScHiEf BrEw--
