From: Rick L [[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 1997 11:28 PM
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Song: Crescent City written by Lucinda Williams
Source: From Emmylou Harris «Cowgirl’s Prayer» CD
Asylum Records 1993
Lucy Jones Music(BMI)
Sam Bush fiddle
Bobby Wray bass
Milton Sledge drums
Chris Leuzinger guitar
Richard Bennett acoustic guitar
Dave Hoffner organ
Jay Spell accordion
Trisha Yearwood harmony
Kathy Chiavola harmony
Ashley Cleveland harmony
E F#m B F#m B
B E
Everybody’s had a few
B
Now they’re talking about who knows who
C#m
I’m going back to the Crescent City
A B
Where everything’s still the same
E
This town has said what it has to say
B
Now I’m after that back highway
C#m A B
And the longest bridge I’ve ever crossed over Pontchartrain
F#m B
Tu le ton temps that’s what we say
F#m B
We used to dance the night away
F#m B
Me and my sister me and my brother
F#m B
We used to walk down by the river
E
Mama lives in Mandeville
B
I can hardly wait until
C#m A B
I can hear my Zydeco and laissez le bon ton roulet
E
And take rides in open cars
B
My brother knows where the best bars are
C#m A B
Let’s see how these blues’ll do in the town where the good times stay
F#m B
Tu le ton temps that’s what we say
F#m B
We used to dance the night away
F#m B
Me and my sister me and my brother
F#m B
We used to walk down by the river
SOLO
F#m B
Tu le ton temps that’s what we say
F#m B
We used to dance the night away
F#m B
Me and my sister me and my brother
F#m B E
We used to walk down by the river