New Orleans Chords by Jelly Roll & Struggle Jennings

The track was from the album Waylon & Willie III.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: Gm
• Capo: 3rd fret
• Chords: Em, C, Am
• BPM: 117
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: New Orleans
• Artist: Jelly Roll & Struggle Jennings
• Album: Waylon & Willie III
• Released Date: 16 November 2018

[Intro]
 
Em Em C Am
Em Em C Am
 
[Verse]
 
Em
I was out here playin' 

devilish games
   Em
So it's only right 

I ended up set up in flames
C
I'm a grown man so 

I'll never complain
    Am
I'm addicted to pain and 

bein' left in the rain
  Em
I just sit and think about what 

I never became
  Em
I pray everyday that 

I'm ready to change
     C
They say once it's bad that 

it's never the same
          Am
It's like my car broke down 

on memory lane
Em
I can't wait 'til I face 

all the critics
Em                          
That ain't never had to face 
                   C
the decisions that I had 
                          
To know if they had made the
                Am
 same ones shut the freak up, 

You don't get paid to 

hate for a livin'
Em
It's so easy to point your 

finger and judge
    Em
Hop in the pig pen and get to 

swingin' the mud
     C
Everything that we was,

everything we've become
      Am
Every war that we won, 

everything that I've done (ha)
    Em
Ha, Lord can you hear my prayer
Em
It's somethin' 'bout the city 

I can feel I swear
C
I'm on my way God 

'cause you're really there
        Am
Alabama to Mississippi, 

now I'm almost there
Am
Before I felt your presence 

I was almost scared
Em
A trade with the Devil 

I was almost shared
    C
Now I'm headed to the 

delta where no one cares
          Am
Where our souls are buried 

and loneliness is shared
 
[Chorus]
 
       Em                          
In the darkness where the heartless 
    Em
and demons scream  
            C             
Been tryin' to come clean, 
   Am                      Em
but it ain't what it seems  
          Em                    C
I found a nightmare in my dreams,
        Am
Down in New Orleans
    Em                          
The darkness where the heartless 
    Em
and demons scream
            C              
Been tryin' to come clean, 
   Am                      Em
but it ain't what it seems
          Em                    C
I found a nightmare in my dreams,
        Am
Down in New Orleans
 
[Verse]
 
Em
Heard a rumor they was comin' for me
      Em
Saw a glimpse into the future 

I was smilin' countin' blood money
C
Walkin' down the dark alley street

 lights flickerin'
Am
Everything around me seemed so different
Em                     
Figurin' I must be lost, 
    Em
bad feelin' in my gut 

I gotta dust it off
        C
I got a chip on 

my shoulder better brush it off
       Am
I keep reachin' for the 

gun havin' crazy thoughts
        Em
I heard a mother cryin' tears 

fallen from her old eyes
Em                         
Pedal drops as a rose dies, 
                  C
see it clear with closed eyes
                           
Gunshot then the crow flies, 
Am
night fall and the smoke rise
         Em
Couldn't see the beauty inside 

all of the darkness
Em
Vengeance and love I get 

confused with being heartless
C
Heartless cross me out 

for a couple dollars
Am
Runnin' with the Devil and 

wonder what trouble follows
Am                    
Standin' in the street, 
                 Em
surrounded by my past 
                                                 
Every sin I ever committed, 

is takin' me at last, 
    C
Saw karma's face in a black hoodie
          Am
With some gold teeth, 

and heard the police
      Am
Heard a loud scream
N.C.
Seen the barrel flash
               Em
Felt the sharp pain and now 

I can't breath
     C
Woke up from a dream in

 New Orleans
       Am
Put my hands up as the choir sings
 
[Chorus]
 
       Em                           
In the darkness where the heartless 
    Em
and demons scream
            C              
Been tryin' to come clean,
    Am                     Em
 but it ain't what it seems  
          Em                    C
I found a nightmare in my dreams,
        Am
Down in New Orleans
    Em                          
The darkness where the heartless 
    Em
and demons scream
            C               
Been tryin' to come clean, 
   Am                      Em
but it ain't what it seems
          Em                    C
I found a nightmare in my dreams,
        Am
Down in New Orleans
 
[Instrumental]
 
Em Em C Am
Em Em C Am
 
[Chorus]
 
       Am                 Em
In the darkness where the heartless

and demons scream
            C             
Been tryin' to come clean,
Am                          Em
 but it ain't what it seems
          Em                     C
I found a nightmare in my dreams
        Am
Down in New Orleans
    Em                           
The darkness where the heartless 
    Em
and demons scream
            C             
Been tryin' to come clean, 
   Am                      Em
but it ain't what it seems
          Em                    C
I found a nightmare in my dreams
        Am          Am
Down in New Orleans

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