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Version 1
            [Chord Formations]
Most of the chords in the verses are fairly basic so I'll just lay out the ones in the chorus:
E/G#     C9/G     D/F#     Fdim     Am7/E    Ebdim    Dm7
EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
4x6454   332333   2X0232   XX3434   002010   XX1212   XX0211
[Intro]
 | C  G | F  Em7 | Dm7  Bb7 | C    |
[Verse 1]
      C         G     |       F      Em7 |
         On the water down in New Orleans
    |  C    G     |    F            Em7  |
         My baby's the pearl of the Quarter
     |  C        G       |           F     Em7  |
         She's a charmer like you've never seen
       |         Dm7           Bb7   |Am7     |
         Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
[Verse 2]
     | C           G     |           F           Em7 |
         Where the sailor spends his hard-earned pay
     | C     G    |    F          Em7    |
         Red beans and rice for a quarter
     | C         G         |    F   Em7   |
         You can see her almost any day
       |         Dm7           Bb7  | Am7   |
         Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
[Chorus]
   |  E/G#     C9/G | D/F#      Fdim |    Am7/E
          And  if you hear from my    Lou ise
                   Ebdim  |   Dm7     C  |
         Won't you tell her I say hello
  |  E/G#       C9/G  | D/F#    Fdim   |
         Please make it clear   when her
      |  Am7/E  Ebdim    |       Dm7      C  |
         Day is done she's got a place to go
         | C  G | F  Em7 | Dm7  Bb7 | C    |
        
Verse 3
      | C           G     |      F       Em7 |
         I walked alone down the miracle mile
     | C          G     |     F             Em7 |
         I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr
     | C              G     |        F     Em7 |
         She stole my heart with her cajun smile
       |         Dm7           Bb7  |  Am7   |           
         Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
Verse 4
      | C              G     |        F       Em7 |
         She loved the million-dollar words I say
      | C              G     |       F              Em7 |
         She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her
      | C              G     |          F      Em7 |
         She said she loved me and was on her way
        |         Dm7          Bb7  |  Am7   |           
         Singin' voulez voulez voulez vous
         
[Chorus]
   |  E/G#    C9/G | D/F#      Fdim |     Am7/E
          And if you hear from my     Lou ise
                   Ebdim  |   Dm7      C  |
         Won't you tell her I love her so
  |  E/G#       C9/G  | D/F#    Fdim   |
         Please make it clear   when her
      |  Am7/E  Ebdim    |       Dm7      C  |
         Day is done she's got a place to go      
           
[Lead Break]    | F    C   | G     | F  C | G     |
                | Dm7  Em7 | F   G |2/4  G  |                                     
                | Dm7  Bb7 | C Csus4 C |
[Chorus]
   E/G#       C9/G | D/F#      Fdim |     Am7/E
          And if you hear from my     Lou ise
                   Ebdim  |   Dm7      C  |
         Won't you tell her I love her so
  |  E/G#       C9/G  | D/F#    Fdim   |
         Please make it clear   when her
      |  Am7/E  Ebdim    |       Dm7      C  |
         Day is done she's got a place to go
 | C  G | F  Em7 | Dm7  Bb7 | C ............ 
        
                