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[Verse 1]
  F#m                         A
I hear way down in New Orleans
          Bm
They heal suffering
            F#m
Take away disease

F#m                                 A
It will all evaporate from your soul
             Bm
I haven't seen it
                  F#m A
But I've been told

F#m                          A
Put all that sorrow in a tune
        Bm
Hum it softly
              F#m
And call it blue

F#m                                A
Clap your hands and raise your head
             Bm
Bring your spirit down
             F#m
To St. James' Bed


[Chorus]
D            A
Oh my sweet friend
          Bm
We're all going
                     F#m
Down to the river's end

    D                     A
And wash our dirty hands clean
        Bm
In the songs of our lonely
          F#m
Ghosts' release

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D


[Verse 2]
F#m                                  A
All those street lights that burn so bright
            Bm
Will watch over us
                        F#m
And keep us through the night

    F#m                    A
And place your heart over hand
          Bm
It's our gospel
               F#m
And you're my hymn

         F#m
Going to feel that fire
                          A
Going to feel that fire inside
       Bm
Let it burn us up
           F#m
Burn us white


[Chorus]
D            A
Oh my sweet friend
           Bm
Ain't you coming
                     F#m
Down to the river's end

    D                  A
And wash ourselves so clean
        Bm
In the memories we find
           F#m
In those streets

D F#m
A E D A
A E D F#m
D F#m
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D            A
Oh my sweet friend
           Bm
Ain't you coming
                     F#m
Down to the river's end