#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: Pete Rasche To: [email protected] Subject: CRD:"Louisiana Lowdown and Blue" by Paul Sanchez >"Louisiana Lowdown and Blue" by Paul Sanchez >from "Jet Black and Jealous" > >RIFF (used throughout song): D# D# C# C# C# C# D# D# C# C# C# D# > >The filler notes (FILL) are just a little "tickling" of the first >two strings (e and B) held at the 8th fret. > >VERSES: > D# FILL >My eyelids said four-thirty > D# FILL >and the radio clock said six > G# A# RIFF >and I was thinking up a reasonable excuse > D# FILL >I might have slept through yesterday > D# FILL >but in the shape I'm in > G# A# RIFF >what's twenty-four hours more or less to lose > >CHORUS: >Gm Cm >I burned up letters and I burned up souvenirs >Gm Cm >Leaving no traces that I was ever here > D# G# A# RIFF >And I won't be Louisiana lowdown and blue > >BRIDGE: > A# D# >I saw a stranger smiling at me yesterday >A# D# >And it scared me almost half to death >A# D# >I wanted to hide I wanted to run away from them >A# RIFF >Instead I closed my eyes and I wasn't there
