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Frenchmen Street Blues by Jon Cleary
Frenchmen Street Blues
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7 F7 Bbmaj7 Eb7
Sprinkle my ashes on Frenchmen street.
Fmaj7 F7 B7b5 Bbm7
Don't be upset at news
Am9 D7 G7 G7/B
Just cut me a loose with a soulful song
Gm7 C7 F F7 C7
Don't play no Frenchmen street blues
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7 F7 Bbmaj7 Eb7
Hitch me a ride on a river breeze
Fmaj7 F7 B7b5 Bbm7
to elysian fields so green
Am9 D7 G7 G7/B
And I'll join the spirits standin' by to smile
Gm7 C7 F
on the backstreets of old New Orleans.
[Bridge]
B7b5 Bb7 Am7 Abm7
I did my time in the masquerade
Gm7 C7 F
and I ran around with the smooth
D7 G7 C7 F7 Eb D7
and I'm gonna paint me a canvas of peace of mind,
G7 C7 F7
and let go of my Frenchmen street blues.
[Solo over verse chords]
Fmaj7 F7 Bbmaj7 Eb7
Fmaj7 F7 B7b5 Bbm7
Am9 D7 G7 G7/B
Gm7 C7 F F7 C7
[Verse 3]
Fmaj7 F7 Bbmaj7 Eb7
See you one night, one night in the sultry dreams
Fmaj7 F7 B7b5 Bbm7
You can drink me a toast as you snooze
Am9 D7 G7 G7/B
I close out my tab in a happy hour
Gm7 C7 A7 D7
Let go of my Frenchmen street blues.
G7 G/B Bb7
No don't play,
G7 (hold) Eb7 (hold)
don't play, don’t play
F/C D7
No don't play, don't play...
G7 C7 F
Don't play my Frenchmen street blues.
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