Louisiana Lowdown And Blue

>"Louisiana Lowdown and Blue" by Paul Sanchez

>from "Jet Black and Jealous"

>

>RIFF (used throughout song): D# D# C# C# C# C# D# D# C# C# C# D#

>

>The filler notes (FILL) are just a little "tickling" of the first

>two strings (e and B) held at the 8th fret.

>

>VERSES:

> D# FILL

>My eyelids said four-thirty

> D# FILL

>and the radio clock said six

> G# A# RIFF

>and I was thinking up a reasonable excuse

> D# FILL

>I might have slept through yesterday

> D# FILL

>but in the shape I'm in

> G# A# RIFF

>what's twenty-four hours more or less to lose

>

>CHORUS:

>Gm Cm

>I burned up letters and I burned up souvenirs

>Gm Cm

>Leaving no traces that I was ever here

> D# G# A# RIFF

>And I won't be Louisiana lowdown and blue

>

>BRIDGE:

> A# D#

>I saw a stranger smiling at me yesterday

>A# D#

>And it scared me almost half to death

>A# D#

>I wanted to hide I wanted to run away from them

>A# RIFF

>Instead I closed my eyes and I wasn't there