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Do You Know What It Means To Miss

NEW ORLEANS

Words by Eddie De Lange, Music by Louis Alter - 1946

Verse:
C7	-	F7	G7
Cm           Fm	Cm         Db9	Cm          Ab9	Fm6      G7
Chorus:
C             G+	C            Am	Em           Am	D9
F           F#dim	C            A7	Dm          Ab7	G7
C             G+	C            Am	Em           Am	D9
F           F#dim	C            A7	Dm           G7	C
Bbm7      Eb7	Ab         Adim	Bbm7       Eb7	Ab
Am7        D7	G            Em	Am7         D9	G9         G7
C            G+	C            Am	Em           Am	D9
F           F#dim	C            A7	D9            G7	C    (G7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

I never had this kinda feelin', With draggin' heart and brain areelin'.

What's the matter? Here's the matter, Here's the thing that's really wrong with me:

 

Chorus:

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans, And miss it each night and day?

I know I'm not wrong, the feelin's gettin' stronger, The longer I stay away.

Miss the moss covered vines, the tall sugar pines, Where mockin' birds used to sing,

And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi, A hurryin' into spring.

The moonlight on the bayou, A creole tune that fills the air;

I dream about magnollas in June, And soon I'm whisin' that I was there.

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans, When that's where you left your heart.

And there's something more: I miss the one I care for, More than I miss New Orleans.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Dave Marty perform "New Orleans" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com