C#m             F# 
French Quarter, quarter to four
C#m                     F#
The town is empty like a nuclear war
C#m               F#    
The levee broke on Pontchartrain
C#m                  F#
I'm feeling blue like John Coltrane
      B               Ebm E
Oh its fine baby
              B                Ebm E E7
Oh I swear its fine, lover
C#m                 F#
Carpetbagger tried to fix my house
C#m               F#
Low baller tried to put me out
C#m             F#
At least I got my gospel stone
C#m            F#
My house fell into the swamp
    B                 Ebm      E
Well I need somebody to help me out
B                       Ebm     E
I've lost it all but I've got my health

    B        Bb/B          
You, you oughta know
          G#m                
You've been kicking me around
   F#                          E
And I don't want to lose my own home
          Ebm          C#m
It ain't no joke; I was raised in this town
   C#m  Ebm  E  F#  B
The south is in my blood
         Bb/B           G#m        
Its in the mud, they were clearing out my house 
     F#                        E              Ebm
But I teared it all down to the stud, all this love 
         C#m                     F#7
Is what's fixing my house, fixing up my house

Solo:
C# - Eb, E

C#m        F#     C#m             F#
I ain't no refugee, I'm a person can't you see
C#m                   F#
Lord I'm humbled from what I see
     B                     Ebm      E
Oh you are the one that can build me up
B                       Ebm       E
I've lost it all but I've got your health

B             Bb/B               G#m
You, you oughta know, they've been kicking me around
   F#                                E                 Ebm
And I still don't want to leave my own home, it ain't no joke
     C#m                     C#m  Ebm E  F#  B
I was born in this town; the south is in my blood
         Bb/B          G#m      
Its in the mud, they're clearing down my house 
           F#                     E
And tearing everything down to the stud
       Ebm            C#m                   F#7
All this love, is gonna fix up my house; fix up my house, hey hey!

Solo:
G#m F# Eb C#m

  B              Bb/B       G#m 
Oh you, you oughta know, I've lost everything 
   F#              E           Ebm        C#m
But I still have my soul, and my home, I believe in you

C#m  Ebm  E  F#  

B            Bb/B             G#m
You, you oughta know, I've been kicked around
      F#                       E                Ebm
But no way I'm gonna give up my home, it ain't no joke
     C#m                     C#m  Ebm  E  F# B
I been born in this town, the south is in my blood
         Bb/B           G#m              
Its in the mud, you'll be clearing out my house 
              F#                     E             Ebm            C#m
You're ripping everything down to the stud, all this love, is gonna fix up my house
F#7                         C#m  F#  C#m  F#  C#m  F#  B  Ebm E
Fix up my house!