>"Louisiana Lowdown and Blue" by Paul Sanchez >from "Jet Black and Jealous" > >RIFF (used throughout song): > >The filler notes (FILL) are just a little "tickling" of the first >two strings (e and B) held at the 8th fret. > >VERSES: > FILL >My eyelids said four-thirty > FILL >and the radio clock said six > RIFF >and I was thinking up a reasonable excuse > FILL >I might have slept through yesterday > FILL >but in the shape I'm in > RIFF >what's twenty-four hours more or less to lose > >CHORUS: > >I burned up letters and I burned up souvenirs > >Leaving no traces that I was ever here > RIFF >And I won't be Louisiana lowdown and blue > >BRIDGE: > >I saw a stranger smiling at me yesterday > >And it scared me almost half to death > >I wanted to hide I wanted to run away from them > RIFF >Instead I closed my eyes and I wasn't there