This Property Is Condemned

from the album "Maria McKee"

submitted by <steve.scowden@sf.jwtworld.com>

(This is a loose version on this song.

Chords may not be exactly right.

The Em - C progression covers most of the song.)

Intro: Em C ( x 8)

Verse 1: (Em C)

27th wagon, full of cotton

Was parked outside my chicken shack door

I kept my crib covered up in satin

In case my baby came around for more

Now I feel, Daddy, somethin's not the same

'Cause there's weeds, and there's rust

And the roof won't hold the rain

 

I remember better days

Lace in every window

And roses round the gate

Now they've chased away all my friends

And they've locked me out

And hung a sign on the fence

And it says this property is condemned

(Back to : Em C (x4))

Verse 2:

Take me down the Vieux Carre

Where a little girl can get a bed or a bite

If you should see me

Coughin' round the corner

Won't you mix a little sugar with my tonic tonight

I can feel like I'm part of the parade

'Cause I feel like there's bourbon

Slappin' around in my veins

 

Verse 3:

I got a new tiara, Daddy

Take me to the Mardi Gras

Buy me cotton candy, dress me up in satin

Let me be your babydoll

We csan ditch that social worker

In and out the swinging doors on Tchoupitoulas Street

You may call me jailbait

But I aint too little to take the heat

I can feel, phantoms blowin' thru my brain

And I feel, like I need someone to make em go away

Fade out on Em - C