Pierce Pettis - Neutral Ground Chords

[Intro]
 D      D   A D   G   D A   A Bm7 G D  A     D
 
[Verse 1]
        D                  A     D           G
Oh, the train pulled into New Orleans and I made
    D       A
my way downtown,
       A          Bm7      G         D
Where saints and sinners chance to meet; what they
 A                D
call the neutral ground,
 G                 D     G        D
Met a girl on the Rue Royal; she turned my head
  G
around,
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Swirling like the mist that creeps along the
          D     D  A D  G  D A  A Bm7 G D A   D
neutral ground, yeah, yeah, yeah.
 
[Verse 2]
           D             A    D        G
Well, she led me to the riverside and slipped her
 D       A
hand in mine,
A               Bm7      G      D
I held on to a treasure like I never dreamed I'd
 G
find,
     G                D    G          D     A
The band was playing Dixieland – oh, how I loved
      G
that sound,
    G                     D         G       A
We stood and kissed; the streetcars rumbled up the
 
         D      D   A D   G   D A   A Bm7 G D  A     D
neutral ground, yeah, yeah, yeah.
 
[Verse 3]
         D               A      D      G
Well, I quit my job – I swear I never liked it
D    A
any-way,
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Working up in Illi-nois for a lowly salesman's
G
pay,
G            D     G          D      A
Now I'm back New Orleans and making all the
 G
rounds,
G                  D      G        A
Searching for the girl I left down on the neutral
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ground, yeah, yeah, yeah.
 
[Verse 4]
D                A     D     G     D      A
Every night's a party here; every day it rains,
A             Bm7              G          D
And weeks and months stretch longer than the
 A                     G
bridge 'cross Pontchartrain,
   G              D      G             D
I walk my feet on narrow streets that wind their
A        G
way downtown,
 G                        D        G      A
Where saints and sinners chance to meet upon the
        D
neutral ground,
 G                        D        G      A
Where saints and sinners chance to meet upon the
         D
neutral ground.
 
[Outro]
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