Song: Witch queen of New Orleans
Artist: Redbone
Composers: Lolly & Pat Vegas
Albums: Message from a drum / Witch Queen of New Orleans
Tabbed by: DJ
7th Nov 2012
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.
A simple version for acoustic guitar players
CAPO: 3rd fret (sounds in key of Gm)
Chords names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
= 022000 = x02010
= 020000 = x2123x
= x02020 = x02030
^ = Emphasise the beat
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[Intro]
e |------0---------0---------| [x4]
B |------0---------0---------|
G |------0-----0---0---------|
D |------2-----0--h2---------|
A |------2-----2---2---0-h2--|
E |---0----------------------|
[Chorus]
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau) She ll put a spell on you,
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau) She ll put a spell on you,
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau)
She s the Witch Queen (Ahhh!) ...of New Or - leans,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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---|
[Verse 1]
I m gonna tell you a story, strange as it now seems,
Of Zombie voo - doo gris - gris,
And the Witch Queen of New Or - leans, ^ ^ ^
She lived in a wor -ld of magic,
Pos - sessed by the Dev - il s skew,
From a shack, near the swamp - land, made of mud - pile brick,
Ma - rie stirred her witch s brew!
[Chorus]
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau) She ll put a spell on you,
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau) She ll put a spell on you,
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau)
She s the Witch Queen (Ahhh!) ...of New Or - leans,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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--|
[Verse 2]
Dime or a nick - el, any - one could buy ...voodoo of an - y kind,
She had potions and lo - tions, herbs and tanna leaves,
Guaranteed to blow your mind, ^ ^ ^
Early one morn - ing, into murky swamp dew,
Vanished Marie with hate in her eye,
Though she ll never re - turn, all the Cajuns knew,
A Witch Queen never dies!
[Chorus]
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau) She ll put a spell on you,
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau) She ll put a spell on you,
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau)
She s the Witch Queen (Ahhh!) ...of New Or - leans,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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---|
[Chorus]
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau) She ll put a spell on you,
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau) She ll put a spell on you,
(Marie, Marie La- Voo - doo -veau)
She s the Witch Queen (Ahhh!) ...of New Or - leans------!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
