Redbone
Witch Queen Of New Orleans Ukulele Chords
Artist: Redbone
Song: Witch queen of New orleans
Tabbed by: DJ
7th Nov 2012
Tuning:Standard
CAPO: 3rd fret (sounds in key of Gm)
A simple version for acoustic guitar
This song about Marie Laveau paints her in an evil light,
but the famous Voodoo priestess was reported to be beautiful, benign,
and charitable. Although after her death, her daughter,
with the same name, cultivated more of a sinister persona.
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Dm7
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Dm7 Dsus2 Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Dm7 Dsus2 Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau)
Dm7 E7 Dm7
She's the Witch Queen...(Ahhh!)...of New Or - leans,
Dm7
Of New Or - leans!
e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------0------------------|-------------------------|
G|---0--h2-----0--2-----0------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------2-----0---|------0------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---2-----0--2-----0------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------3-----0---|
Dm7
I'm gonna tell you a story, strange as it now seems,
Dm7 D7 Dm7
Of Zombie voodoo gris - gris, and the Witch Queen of New Or - leans,
Dm7
She lived in a world of magic, possessed by the Devil's skew,
Dm7
From a shack, near the swampland, made of mud - pile brick,
Dm7 D7 Dm7
Ma - rie stirred her witch's brew!
Dm7 Dsus2 Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Dm7 Dsus2 Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau)
Dm7 E7 Dm7
She's the Witch Queen...(Ahhh!)...of New Or - leans,
Dm7
Of New Or - leans!
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------2-p0----|-----0-------------------|
A|-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-------5--|--2-----0--2-----0-------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------3-----0----|
Dm7
Dime or a nickel, anyone could buy...voodoo of any kind,
Dm7 D7 Dm7
She had potions & lotions, herbs & tanna leaves, guaranteed to blow your mind,
Dm7
Early one morning, into murky swamp dew, vanished Marie with hate in her eye,
Dm7 D7 Dm7
Though she'll never return, all the Cajuns knew, a Witch Queen never dies!
Dm7 Dsus2 Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Dm7 Dsus2 Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau)
Dm7 E7 Dm7
She's the Witch Queen...(Ahhh!)...of New Or - leans,
Dm7
Of New Or - leans!
e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------0------------------|-------------------------|
G|---0--h2-----0--2-----0------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------2-----0---|------0------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---2-----0--2-----0------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------3-----0---|
Dm7 Dsus2 Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Dm7 Dsus2 Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Dm7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau)
Dm7 E7 Dm7
She's the Witch Queen...(Ahhh!)...of New Or - leans,
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Chords relative to capo
Dm7 = 022030
Dsus2 = x02200
Dm7 = x02010
D7 = x02020
E7 = x24242
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
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