Hello New Orleans
By Robert Earl Keen

Capo 2

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C               F                 Am             G
Standin’ here beside this freeway wishing I was high
C                 F                 Am                 G
Wondering why she said she loved me then she said goodbye
    Am              Em              F              G
I’m down to my last dollar in these faded old blue jeans
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So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans

 
Her hair was made of summer sunlight the moon lit in her eyes
Her voice would ride the wind at midnight across the starry skies
Love is blind that’s what they tell me in all those magazines
So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans

 
We talked about our lives together we talked about our plans
We walked through rain and windy weather across the shifting sands
She took the car that’s how I know this ain’t no crazy dream
So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans

 
I’ll eat my fill of jambalaya and crawfish etouffé
I’ll drink the Mississippi dry, laissez les bon temps rouler
I’ll trade her memory in on one of those Cajun queens
So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans
So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans