Intro (PIANO): G E|-------------| B|-------3-----| G|-0--2-----4--| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-3-----------| [Verse 1] G 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] G 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] G 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] G E|-----------------------| B|--------5h6--6-6-5-5-3-| G|-3h4-4-----------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-3---------------------| G G 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 G/B C G (D/F#) G/B C G/B 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