Intro (PIANO):
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[Verse 1]
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Wake up, I'll run up to the window
                     Em
She's standing on a corner, emotions made her follow
                  C                             Am
I see her in her red shoes, I slip out of the front door
                       G
And she starts up her car

[Verse 2]
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She drives, we're heading for the city
         (F#)            Em
That’s swimming in her bloodstream, that's pulsing in her heartbeat
                    C                           Am
I feel it washing over her, as she turns on a canal street
She's wide awake again

[Chorus 1]
G   Am          Em                              C
Ooo yeah, she swears it's in the air, you just have to believe
G         Am         Em                          C
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yes she comes alive down in New Orleans

[Verse 3]
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We're running by the river, the city lights are blazing
                          Em
She looks like she could fly off, like gravity is failing
                  C                        Am
Somewhere in the distance, a marching band is playing
She's wide awake again

[Chorus 2]
G   Am          Em                              C
Ooo yeah, she swears it's in the air, you just have to believe
G         Am         Em                          C
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yes she comes alive down in New Orleans
D        Em                              C
Oh, and something in her eyes that I've never seen
          C
When she says to me, I'm wide awake again
G    Am           Em                          C
Ooo yeah, there's magic in the night down in New Orleans

[Interlude]
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Take me down to the water, take me down to the water (of New Orleans)
Take me down to the water

[Bridge]
Am    G/B                C           D                Am
No I never have figured out, just a maze I've never known
     G/B                   C               D
But suddenly it's making sense, when she shows me all
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The roses in the sidewalk, like angels at her feet
              C 
And they're breaking through the pavement
    Am                            G  Am  Em     C
To light her away through New Orleans, through New Orleans

[Outro Chorus]
G   Am          Em                              C
Ooo yeah, she swears it's in the air, you just have to believe
G         Am         Em                          C
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yes she comes alive down in New Orleans
D        Em                              C
Oh, and something in her eyes that I've never seen
          C
When she says to me, I'm wide awake again
G    Am           Em                          C
Ooo yeah, there's magic in the night down in New Orleans