new orleans : neil diamond .
album – the feel of neil diamond – #137 on
A# hot 200 on bang records in 1966 .

intro :
G
i said , hey , hey , hey , hey , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

#1 .
G
well , come on everybody take a trip with me . .

down from mississippi down to new orleans .
C
they got the honeysuckle blooming on the

honeysuckle vine .
G
and love is bloomin’ there all the time .
D
you know that every southern belle is A
C G
mississippi queen . . down the mississippi

down in new orleans .

chorus :
G
i said , hey , hey , hey , hey , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

#2 .
G
well , come on everybody take a stroll with me .

we gonna listen to the music with a dixieland beat .
C
they got the magnolia blossoms fillin’ the air .
G
if you ain’t been to heaven . . you ain’t been there .
D C
now , the french moss’ hangin’ from a big oak tree . .
G
down the mississippi down to new orleans .

chorus :
G
i said , hey , hey , hey , hey , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

#3 .
G
well , come on everybody take a trip with me . .

down from mississippi down to new orleans .
C
they got the honeysuckle blooming on the

honeysuckle vine .
G
and love is bloomin’ there all the time .
D
you know that every southern belle is A
C G
mississippi queen . . down the mississippi

down in new orleans .

chorus :
G
i said , hey , hey , hey , hey , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

i said , hey . . hey , yeah , yeah . .

outro :
G
well , come on . . you got it . . we gonna dance , we going

to new orleans .
C
that’s the place . . i said , come on , come on , come on ,
G
come on . . ( fade . )

a sixties smash from kraziekhat .