F#7 X9897X
E  779997
B  799877

F#7   E   B   F#7

     B       E
I'm sailin' sailin'
       B
To a place I've never seen
        E
That's way down south
                 B
Sweet 'ol New Orleans
         F#7            E                 B    F#7
Cause my hometown friend treats me awful mean
            B
If I could holler
      E      B
Yeah holler

If I could scream and cry
    E
It hurts me so
                        B
When I look up in the sky
           F#7                      E
Cause my friends turn their heads
                B    F#7
As they pass me by
          B
Now it's rainin'
      E       B
It's rainin'

The wind's blowin' cold
     E
Lord I thought I heard
                   B
My train whistle blow
         F#7                 E
Now I'm gonna sail so far
                      B      F#7
Til I won't be back no more

B   E   B
E   B
F#7  E   B   F#7
    B          E     B
Pardon me, Pardon me

It's so hard to stand
         E
I ain't got no money
               B
Uncle Sam has called my name
             F#7         E
Now there's not a soul
                      B    F#7
To give me a helpin' hand
B   E   B
E   F#7  B