Composers: Lolly & Pat Vegas Albums: Message from a drum / Witch Queen of New Orleans This song about Marie Laveau paints her in an evil light but the original famous Voodoo priestess was reported to be beautiful benign and charitable. Although after her death her daughter with the same name cultivated more of a sinister persona so it must be based on her. A simple version for acoustic guitar players Chords names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Em7 = 020000 Am7 = x02010 A7sus4 = x02030 ^ = Emphasise the beat Please select a star rating for this tab many thanks ============================================================================= [Intro] e |------0---------0---------| [x4] B |------0---------0---------| G |------0-----0---0---------| D |------2-----0--h2---------| A |------2-----2---2---0-h2--| E |---0------------| [Chorus] (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’ll put a spell on you (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’ll put a spell on you (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’s the Witch Queen (Ahhh!) ...of New Or - leans ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Of New Or - leans B|-------0------------|------------| G|--0-h2----0-2----0------|------------| D|------------2---0----|----0------------| A|------------|--2----0-2----0-----| E|------------|------------3---0---| [Verse 1] I’m gonna tell you a story strange as it now seems Of Zombie voo - doo gris - gris And the Witch Queen of New Or - leans ^ ^ ^ She lived in a wor - ld of magic Pos - sessed by the Dev - il’s skew From a shack near the swamp - land made of mud - pile brick Ma - rie stirred her witch’s brew [Chorus] (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’ll put a spell on you (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’ll put a spell on you (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’s the Witch Queen (Ahhh!) ...of New Or - leans ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Of New Or - leans |------------|------------| |------------|------------| D |------------2-p0----|-----0------------| A |-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-5p-2-------5--|--2-----0--2-----0-----| E |------------|------------3-----0--| [Verse 2] Dime or a nick - el any - one could buy ...voodoo of an - y kind She had potions and lo - tions herbs and tanna leaves Guaranteed to blow your mind ^ ^ ^ Early one morn - ing into murky swamp dew Vanished Marie with hate in her eye Though she’ll never re - turn all the Cajuns knew A Witch Queen never dies [Chorus] (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’ll put a spell on you (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’ll put a spell on you (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’s the Witch Queen (Ahhh!) ...of New Or - leans ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Of New Or - leans B|-------0------------|------------| G|--0-h2----0-2----0------|------------| D|------------2---0----|----0------------| A|------------|--2----0-2----0-----| E|------------|------------3---0---| [Chorus] (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’ll put a spell on you (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’ll put a spell on you (Marie Marie La- ’Voo - doo’ -veau) She’s the Witch Queen (Ahhh!) ...of New Or - leans ^ ^ ^ ^ ^