E A D G B E
   [E7] X X X 4 3 4


        E A D G B E
   [B7] X 2 1 2 0 2


        E A D G B E 
[Ddim7] X X 3 4 3 4 


         E A D G B E 
[A#dim7] X X 8 9 8 9

         E A D  G  B  E 
[C#dim7] X X 11 12 11 12



INTRO: C - G7 - C - C7 - G7 - C
 


 
    C7             G7          C
Ma cheri, she has left me for good
    C7           G7           C
After I gave my love for so long
      G7
She's out there with somebody new
                            C
And I just can't sit here alone, no

           C7
But it's so hard to drive with these tears in my eyes
               F                               F#dim7 -- Adim7
And it takes a long time to get to Baton Rouge
          C          G7       C            F
And all I want is to hear somebody play my song
       A#dim7       G7          C
When a Cajun man   gets the blues


         G7                        C
When I'm feeling the weight of the water
       G7                             C
Lord I know that there's blues in the Quarter
         C7             G7         F
If I could hold back my tears and make it there, I'd be alright
          G7
But I might need ya, New Orleans, every night

        C              G7     C
I don't know where I'd be without you
             C7             G7          C
Yeah, you've been there for me all the while
     G7
From Lafayette, to Thibodaux, to Lake Charles
                                           C
From Natchitoches, to Shreveport, to Grand Isle

         C7
When I'm feeling the pain, the bayou's callin' my name
              F                        F#dim7 -- Adim7
And that's an offer that I can't refuse
        C       G7       C      F
Oh,it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
       Ddim7    G7         C
When a Cajun man gets the blues
       C7        G7      C        F
Yes it's hard to miss you,  Louisiana
        A#dim7      G7         C
When this Cajun man gets the blues