The Witch Queen of New Orleans — Redbone
Chords and lyrics for The Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone (key of E).
Verse 1
Composers: Lolly and Pat Vegas
Albums: Message from a Drum /
The Witch Queen of New Orleans
(Will then sound in recorded key of Gm)
^ = Emphasise the beat
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Intro
[Em] [Em7] [Em]
Chorus
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau)
She'll put a [A7]spell on [Em]you,
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau)
She'll put a [A7]spell on [Em]you,
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau!)
[Em7]She's the [Am7]Witch Queen [B7#9](Ahhh!) of New O r- [Em][Em7]leans,[Em]
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Em Em7 Em [Riff 1]
Of New Or - leans
Verse 1
[Em]I'm gonna [Em7]tell [Em]you a [Em][Em7]story,[Em]
[Em]Strange [Em7]as [Em]it now [Em][Em7]seems,[Em]
Of [Em]Zombie [Em7]voo - [Em]doo [Em]gris - [Em7]gris,[Em]
And the [Em]Witch Queen of [Em7]New Or - [A7]leans, [A7sus4]^ [A7]^ ^
She [Em]lived in a[Em7] wor - [Em]ld of [Em][Em7]magic,[Em]
Pos - [Em]sessed by the [Em7]Dev - [Em]il's [Em][Em7]skew,[Em]
From a [Em]shack, near the [Em7]swamp - [Em]land,
Made of [Em]mud - pile [Em7]brick,[Em]
Ma - [Em]rie [Em7]stirred her [A7]witch's [Em][Em7]brew[Em]
Chorus
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau)
She'll put a [A7]spell on [Em]you,
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau)
She'll put a [A7]spell on [Em]you,
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau!)
[Em7]She's the [Am7]Witch Queen [B7#9](Ahhh!) of New Or - [Em][Em7]leans,[Em]
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Em Em7 Em [Riff 2]
Of New Or - leans
Verse 2
[Em]Dime or a [Em7]nick - [Em]el, any - [Em]one could [Em7][Em]buy...
[Em]...voodoo of [Em7]an - [Em]y [Em][Em7]kind,[Em]
She had [Em]potions and [Em7]lo - [Em]tions, herbs and [Em]tanna [Em7]leaves,[Em]
[Em]Guaranteed to [Em7]blow your [A7]mind, [A7sus4]^ [A7]^ ^
[Em]Early one [Em7]morn - [Em]ing, into [Em]murky swamp [Em7]dew,[Em]
Vanished [Em]Marie with [Em7]hate [Em]in her [Em][Em7]eye,[Em]
Though she'll [Em]never re - [Em7]turn, [Em]all the [Em]Cajuns [Em7]knew,[Em]
A [Em]Witch [Em7]Queen [A7]never [Em][Em7]dies[Em]
Chorus
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau)
She'll put a [A7]spell on [Em]you,
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau)
She'll put a [A7]spell on [Em]you,
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau!)
[Em7]She's the [Am7]Witch Queen [B7#9](Ahhh!) of New Or - [Em][Em7]leans,[Em]
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Em Em7 Em [Riff 1]
Of New Or - leans
Chorus
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau)
She'll put a [A7]spell on [Em]you,
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau)
She'll put a [A7]spell on [Em]you,
[Em](Marie, Marie La - [Em7]'Voo - [Em]doo' -veau!)
[Em7]She's the [Am7]Witch Queen [B7#9](Ahhh!) ...of New Or - [Em]leans!
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[Riff 1] h = hammer-on note
[Riff 2] p = Pull-off notes
This song about Marie Laveau paints her in an evil
light, but the original famous Voodoo priestess was
reported to be beautiful, benign, as well as charitable.
Although after her death, her daughter with the
same name, cultivated more of a sinister persona,
so that's the one they must have had in mind.
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