Artist: Redbone
Song: Witch queen of New orleans
Tabbed by: DJ
7th Nov 2012
Tuning:Standard
CAPO: 3rd fret (sounds in key of Gm)
A simple version for acoustic guitar
This song about Marie Laveau paints her in an evil light,
but the famous Voodoo priestess was reported to be beautiful, benign,
and charitable. Although after her death, her daughter,
with the same name, cultivated more of a sinister persona.
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Em7
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Em7 Asus2 Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Em7 Asus2 Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau)
Am7 B7 Em7
She's the Witch Queen...(Ahhh!)...of New Or - leans,
Em7
Of New Or - leans!
e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------0------------------|-------------------------|
G|---0--h2-----0--2-----0------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------2-----0---|------0------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---2-----0--2-----0------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------3-----0---|
Em7
I'm gonna tell you a story, strange as it now seems,
Em7 A7 Em7
Of Zombie voodoo gris - gris, and the Witch Queen of New Or - leans,
Em7
She lived in a world of magic, possessed by the Devil's skew,
Em7
From a shack, near the swampland, made of mud - pile brick,
Em7 A7 Em7
Ma - rie stirred her witch's brew!
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/redbone/witch_queen_of_new_oleans_crd.html ]
Em7 Asus2 Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Em7 Asus2 Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau)
Am7 B7 Em7
She's the Witch Queen...(Ahhh!)...of New Or - leans,
Em7
Of New Or - leans!
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------2-p0----|-----0-------------------|
A|-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-------5--|--2-----0--2-----0-------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------3-----0----|
Em7
Dime or a nickel, anyone could buy...voodoo of any kind,
Em7 A7 Em7
She had potions & lotions, herbs & tanna leaves, guaranteed to blow your mind,
Em7
Early one morning, into murky swamp dew, vanished Marie with hate in her eye,
Em7 A7 Em7
Though she'll never return, all the Cajuns knew, a Witch Queen never dies!
Em7 Asus2 Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Em7 Asus2 Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau)
Am7 B7 Em7
She's the Witch Queen...(Ahhh!)...of New Or - leans,
Em7
Of New Or - leans!
e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------0------------------|-------------------------|
G|---0--h2-----0--2-----0------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------2-----0---|------0------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---2-----0--2-----0------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------3-----0---|
Em7 Asus2 Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Em7 Asus2 Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau) She'll put a spell on you!
Em7
(Marie, Marie La- 'Voodoo' -veau)
Am7 B7 Em7
She's the Witch Queen...(Ahhh!)...of New Or - leans,
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Chords relative to capo
Em7 = 022030
Asus2 = x02200
Am7 = x02010
B7 = x24242
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
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