Year: 1973 - Album: Countdown To Ecstasy
Written by Walter Becker/Donald Fagen
Intro: | C G | F Em7 | Dm7 Bb | C | | C G | F Em7 | Vs. I. On the water down in New Orleans | C G | F Em7 | My baby's the pearl of the Quarter | C G | F Em7 | She's a charmer like you've never seen | Dm7 Bb | Am7 | Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous | C G | F Em7 | Vs. II. Where the sailor spends his hard-earned pay | C G | F Em7 | Red beans and rice for a quarter | C G | F Em7 | You can see her almost any day | Dm7 Bb | Am7 | Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous | Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Am7/E Chorus: And if you hear from my Louise Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C | Won't you tell her I say hello | Dbm7/Ab C7/G | Bm7/F# Bb7/F | Please make it clear when her | Am7/E Ab7/Eb | Dm7 C | Day is done she's got a place to go (DO INTRO FOR TURNAROUND) (Chords for vs. 3 & 4 same as for vs. 1 & 2) Vs.III. I walked alone down the miracle mile I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr She stole my heart with her cajun smile Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous Vs. IV. She loved the million-dollar words I say She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her She said she loved me and was on her way Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous * CHORUS * (NO TURNAROUND) Lead Break: | F C | G | F C | G | | Dm7 Em7 | F G |(2/4) G | | | || | Dm7 Bb | C Csus4 C | * TO CHORUS* * TURNAROUND* (End on "C")