Woodbox Gang - Checkpoint Charlie

band : woodbox gang
album : born with a tail

checkpoint charlie

verse 1
A D A F#m
i had a dream i was in new orleans
E D A
maybe it was heaven
A D A F#m
all i know i wasn’t lonesome anymore
E D A
and the saints were marching in

verse 2
then i met a man chiseled from stone
shared my table at the square
maybe it was jesus , maybe iggy pop
we smoked my last cigarette

chorus 1
A D A F#m
what does it matter heaven or the latter
E D A
i’ll pay the tab said the nazarene
A D A F#m
we can take all you’ve got good times or not
E D A
with iggy and jesus in new orleans

verse 3
it was daybreak way out on the levee
iggy is playing washtub in three – quarter time
down by the river i heard some clawhammer banjo
me and jesus went fishing

chorus 2
what does it matter the bayou or el paso
i’ll pay the tab said the nazarene
high as a fruit bat in napa valley
with iggy and jesus in new orleans

verse 4
was it purgatory , was it checkpoint charlie’s
i decided i was staying forever
that ol’ morning sun maybe it was voodoo
i woke up to the whistling southbound train