Queen of New Orleans

Song

JON BON JOVI - Queen of New Orleans

Tabbed by Cameron McNeill: rmcn@eisa.net.au

I haven't seen this song tabbed yet, so I decided to do it.

I don't know if it's popular in the U.S, but they play it on the radio

all the time here in Australia.

I play most of the chords as power chords, but it sounds fine if you

play open chords as well...it's up to you.

Standard tuning

*=step on your wah-wah if you've got one

Intro/Main riff/Verse:

* *

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------7p6-------7p6-----------------|
-9-9-------7-7------2-2-5---5---5---|
-9-9-------7-7------2-2-5---5---5---|
-7-7-------5-5------0-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|

Pre Chorus:

:you can do a bit of a slide here if you want.

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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Chorus:

D A B G

Oh, oh, shala-lala I was dancing with the queen of New Orleans

D A B G

Oh, oh, shala-lala I was dancing in the streets of New Orleans

D A B G

Oh, oh, shala-lala nothing's what it seems in New Orleans

D A C

Oh, oh, it was almost like a dream

Solo: I think it has a backwards effect like R.E.M's "what's the frequency,

Kenneth?",

and so it's pretty hard to work out.

Here's what you play over the solo anyway:

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----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------|

Last chorus: The last chorus of this song is interesting...

there's a key change...something you don't see that often.

All it means though is that you move all the chords up 2 frets.

E B C# A

Oh, oh, shala-lala I was dancing with the queen of New Orleans

E B C# A

Oh, oh, shala-lala I was dancing in the streets of New Orleans

E B C# A

Oh, oh, shala-lala nothing's what it seems in New Orleans

FADE OUT

Have fun with this. Mail me (you know the drill): rmcn@eisa.net.au