New Orleans Is Sinking

from : tarkka@che . rochester . edu ( richard tarkka ) new orleans is sinking by the tragically hip this is pretty crude , but is sounds good additions/Corrections welcome . previous post of the lick is included at the bottom . there are no crd versions of this song on the archive that i could find . - rick ( use bar chords for G , A , B ) Em G Em G bourbon blues , on the street , loose and complete Em G Em G under skies of smokey blue - green A i cant forsake a dixie dead shake Em G Em G so we danced the sidewalk clean B A my memory is muddy , what?s this river that i?m in? B hey new orleans is sinkin , man A and i dont want to swim back to Em/G shuffle for second Verse play an ?a? for the yelp ( ahhhhhh - haaa ) from ?pale as a lightbulb . . . to i swear to god she said? do the Em/G shuffle then repeat the ?a? for the ahhhhhh - haaa yelp then Em/G/Em/G , then B A my memory is muddy , what?s this river that i?m in? B hey new orleans is sinkin , man A and i dont want to swim back to Em/G to close this is what is on the archive , from : dave@skatter . usask . ca ( dave hornidge ) i’m not really sure if this is correct , but this is how i play it : the main riff looks like : E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0h2 - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - | i think the bass plays something similiar to this as well . the other catchy little riff looks something like : E | - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - 3p0 - - 0 - - - - - 3p0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3p0 - - 0 - - - - - 3p0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4p0 - - 3p0 - - 2p0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4p0 - - 3p0 - - 2p0 - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2p0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - 3p0 - - 0 - - - - - 3p0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4p0 - - 3p0 - - 2p0 - - 4p0 - - 3p0 - - 2p0 - - 2s4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | this riff changes alot in the song and i only tabbed one of these variations . note also that this riff is played much more quickly than the main riff . the best way to figure out how it is to be played is to listen to the disk . i play the main riff a few times and then throw in the other one every now and then . sorry i don’t know the Solo . i didn’t have time to write out the lyrics . corrections and comments are welcome . good luck!