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Verse 1
In (Edim) New Orleans,
(D major) why we'd often wonder
where a dead person was located,
(G major) but anytime (A major) we had somebody that was dead, (D major)
(G major) we know we had (A major) plenty good food that night,
plenty ham, sandwiches,
(D major) cheese sandwiches,
(G major) mustard slapped all
over the bread.
(A minor) Those days I (A flataug) belonged to a quar (A major) tet,
and of (G major) course we specialized
in spir (E major) ituals
for the pur (G major) pose of finding
(E major) somebody that was dead
an (A major) d we could sing them too.
I'm (E major) telling you the minute (A minor) we'd walk in
of (F sharp major) (G major) course we'd have our correct
(D major) in vitation
and that would be right to the kitchen
where (G major) all the food was.
(D major) Of course the dead man
(A major) or the dead woman
(G major) would always be laid out in the front
(E major) and they'd be by themselves most
(A major) all the time there was dead
and there was no (E major) or the reason
to be where there was living people.
(A minor) What about one of those spirituals? (F sharp major)
(G major) Well, I guess one of those spirituals,
I guess (A major) it'd kind of sound good.
Let me (D major) see. (A major)
(D major) Steal away, steal away,
steal away home to Jesus. (G major)
(D major) Steal away, steal away,
(A major) steal away home to my Lord.
(D major) But one of our favorite numbers
was this one. (G major) (A major)
(B major) Nearer, my (E minor) God, (G major) (C major) to Thee,
Nearer (G major) to Thee. (D major) (A major) (D major)
(G major) (A major) (D major)
(G major) (C major)
(E minor) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
(Cdim) But (E major) you'd be thinkin' about that ham,
wouldn't I think that I am. (A major)
Oh, Nero, (G major) (A major) my god. (D major)
Would be sad too. terribly (A major) sad.
Nero.
It's like about (E major) the whiskey coming out.
To thee.
Plenty of whiskey and the
(G major) flat
and everything that boys
(E major) would bring in there. (A major) (A minor) Nero. (C sharp major)
(F sharp major) Oh, my (A major) God (D major) to Thee,
(E flatdim) that would be some of the har
(B major) mony we'd use. (E major) (A major) (E major)
Nero to Thee. (A major)
The boys had some beautiful (D major) harmony this thing,
(G major) of course, we got together
and made all kinds (B major) crazy (A major) ideas of the har
(D major) mony which (E major) made it beautiful
and made it impossible (A major) for
anybody to jump (D major) in and sing.
(G major) I tell you we had such beautiful
numbers
to sing at (A major) all times.
(E major) Of course now when the dead man
would be (A minor) there
he (A major) wouldn't hear anything
that we would be singing at all, nothing.
(C major) And of course we'd all go right on (C sharp minor) back to the kitchen
(G major) an d get our cheese sandwiches,
ham (A flat minor) sand wiches all (E major) slap it over
with mustard and some (A major) whiskey and cam the bear (D major) sometimes and
sometimes if it was a man (G major) dead a lot of times
the lady would be glad (B major) you know
the wife to the husband
would be glad that it's gone and
she would of course
she'd be having a wonderful time also.
New Orleans Funeral, (Part 1)
Jelly Roll Morton
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