Em                                  G            Em                    G
Bourbon Blues, on the street,    loose and complete
Under skies of               smokey blue-               green

   A             C        A                    C
I can't forsake a Dixie dead shake
           Em                G            Em    G
So we danced the sidewalk clean

   B                                               A
My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?
        B                                                      A
Hey New Orleans is sinkin', man And I don't want to swim

Colonel Tom, what's wrong? What's going on?
You can't tie yourself up for a deal

He said, Hey, north, you're south, shut your big mouth
You gotta do what you feel is real

Ain't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs
My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking 'bout those years

Solo Progression

Em                     G         Em              G
Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire
Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire
Picking out the highlights of the scenery
Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me

Em      G        Em         G

Em                       G                   Em                              G
I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks
Looked up to the Lord above and said, Hey, man, thanks

Em    G                       Em                             G
Sometimes I feel so good I got to scream
Em                         G                         Em                    G
She said, Gordie, baby, I know exactly what you mean
Em                         G                         Em                    G                                                               
She said, she said, I swear to God she said

    A       C         A       C
oh         no,     oh    yeak

B                                                         A
My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?
B                                                        A
New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't want to swim. Swim