Tab Benoit - When a Cajun Man Gets the Blues

      
 
 by Tab Benoit, from the "Wetlands" album
 
 Chords:
 E7 E A D G B E 
  X X X 4 3 4
 
 B7 E A D G B E 
  X 2 1 2 0 2
 
 Ddim7 E A D G B E 
  X X 3 4 3 4
 
 A#dim7 E A D G B E 
  X X 8 9 8 9
 
 C#dim7 E A D  G  B  E 
  X X 11 12 11 12
 
 
 INTRO: E - B7 - E - E7 - B7 - E
 
 
 
     E7             B7          E  
 Ma cheri, she has left me for good
     E7           B7           E 
 After I gave my love for so long
       B7                         
 She's out there with somebody new
                             E      
 And I just can't sit here alone, no
 
            E7                                        
 But it's so hard to drive with these tears in my eyes
   ch    /ch ch    /ch 
 A A#dim7 -- C#dim7
 And it takes a long time to get to Baton Rouge
           E          B7       E            A   
 And all I want is to hear somebody play my song
 ch   /ch  
 Ddim7 B7 E
 When a Cajun man gets the blues
 
          B7                        E    
 When I'm feeling the weight of the water
        B7                             E      
 Lord I know that there's blues in the Quarter
          E7             B7         A                           
 If I could hold back my tears and make it there, I'd be alright
           B7                                 
 But I might need ya, New Orleans, every night
 
         E              B7     E      
 I don't know where I'd be without you
              E7             B7          E   
 Yeah, you've been there for me all the while
      B7                                      
 From Lafayette, to Thibodaux, to Lake Charles
                                            E   
 From Natchitoches, to Shreveport, to Grand Isle
 
          E7                                           
 When I'm feeling the pain, the bayou's callin' my name
   ch    /ch ch    /ch 
 A A#dim7 -- C#dim7
 And that's an offer that I can't refuse
         E       B7       E      A  
 Oh,it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
        Ddim7    B7         E   
 When a Cajun man gets the blues
        E7        B7      E       A  
 Yes it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
 ch   /ch  
 Ddim7 B7 E
 When this Cajun man gets the blues