[Intro]
C F G (x2)
[Verse]
C F
Well it was barely past eleven when my pills kicked in
C C C/B Am
That cabernet didn't hurt my cause as I stumbled down the rue
C F
Not even half as drunk as these strangers I pass
C C C/B Am
Stumbling in and out of bars as they smoked cigars and laughed
F G C
I don't even think anyone's from here anymore
[Refrain]
F G C
Well it's pouring in sheets down on the bayou
F G C
And we're dancing out in the quarter under the lamps
F G C C/B Am
Red wine and codeine are coursing through our veins
F G C
And we never wanna go back home again
[Interlude]
C F G (x2)
[Verse]
C F
It's all art and war if it's written about
Am G F
Tell me what else could ever really last
F G C C/B Am
Trepidation and devastation are all that remain
F G C
Of those things we thought we'd learned from years that passed
Am G C
Everything else just fades so fast
[Refrain]
F G C
Well it's pouring in sheets down on the bayou
F G C
And we're dancing out in the quarter under the lamps
F G C C/B Am
Red wine and codeine are coursing through our veins
F G
And we never wanna go back home I said
Am G
Don't it make you feel so helpless
Am G
Sometimes it makes you feel so lost
Am G
Your love's all I got baby
F
The things I thought I'd never say
F G
Are pouring from my heart like la la la la la
[Interlude]
C F G (x4)
[Verse]
C F
The things I've forgotten are all but a few
Am G F
Just a stain in the back of my mind
F G
See I remember there's something girl
C C/B Am
But I'm never sure just what
F G C
So I just sit here looking for a sign
Am G C
One that I may never find
[Refrain]
F G C
Well it's pouring in sheets down on the bayou
F G C
And we're dancing out in the quarter under the lamps
F G C C/B Am
Red wine and codeine are coursing through our veins
F G
And we never wanna go back home
F G C
Well it's pouring in sheets down on the bayou
F G C
And we're dancing out in the quarter under the lamps
F G C C/B Am
Red wine and codeine are coursing through our veins
F G
And we never wanna go back home I said
Am G
Don't it make you feel so helpless
Am G
Sometimes it makes you feel so lost
Am G
Your love's all I got baby
F
The things I thought I'd never say
F G
Are pouring from my heart like la la la la la
[Outro]
C F G (x4)