INTRO RIFF: E E---------------| B---------------| G---------------| D-------2-------| A---2h4---4-2---| E-------------0-| E E---------------| B---------------| G---------------| D-------2-------| A---2h4---4-2---| E-------------0-| VERSE: E From somewhere outside A E I hear the street vendor cry, E E---------------| B---------------| G---------------| D-------2-------| A---2h4---4-2---| E-------------0-| "Filet gumbo" E E---------------| B---------------| G---------------| D-------2-------| A---2h4---4-2---| E-------------0-| E From my window I see him A E Going down the street E E---------------| B---------------| G---------------| D-------2-------| A---2h4---4-2---| E-------------0-| And he don't know E E---------------| B---------------| G---------------| D-------2-------| A---2h4---4-2---| E-------------0-| PRE-CHORUS: E C#m That she fell right to sleep E C#m E In the damp tangled sheets so soon E B E After love in the hot afternoon CHORUS: B Now the Bourbon street lady A E Sleeps like a baby in the shadows (In the shadows) B A E She was new to me, full of mystery But now I know (But I know) PRE-CHORUS: E C#m That she's just a girl E C#m E And I'm just a guy, in a room E B E Full of love in the hot afternoon INSTRUMENTAL: EDAEDAE VERSE: E We got high in the park A E This morning and we sat, without talkin' E Then we came back here A E In the heat of the day, tired of walkin' PRE-CHORUS: E C#m Where under her breath E C#m E She hummed to herself a tune E B E Of love in the hot afternoon CHORUS: B Now the Bourbon street lady A E Sleeps like a baby in the shadows (In the shadows) B A E She was new to me, full of mystery But now I know (But I know) PRE-CHORUS: E C#m That she's just a girl E C#m E And I'm just a guy, in a room E B E Full of love in the hot afternoon OUTRO: EDAEDAE