“Stain Louis” lyrics to song in new music collection (with melody in parentheses)
V1:
F D#FD# C (MC) C C D# F D# F D# C
Everybody wants the feel of freedom in their arms
D# F D# FD# C C Bflat CA
But everybody goes home a- lone.
C D# F D# F D# C CC D# FD# F D# C
Down a dark and dirty way, I searched for peace night and day
C D# F D# F D# C Bflat CA
Twas the search that brought me here where I go on.
Refrain:
FA G FD C F
On
G G G F D# C F
Meet me at the river at dawn.
V2:
F D# C D# FG A flat B flat A flat G F D# C
By the harbor lights, a young boy in the sights of day
F D# FD# C F D# F G Aflat
Bobs his days away. Wonders why we stay.
F G Aflat G F D# F
And the guards of the shore will never say.
R2:
FA G FD C F
Long
G GF D# C F
Guardians’ . days are long.
V3:
D E E DF
Blood, fences, fleurs de lis,
F E E DE D F
white clouds stain the Mississippi—
F F E D D D flat E F E D
Stain Louis—my country, how will we wash you?
F F E D D Dflat E F E F
My people, my river— how will you wash me?
R3:
FA G FD C F
Wrong
G F D# C F
Even the upright go wrong
FA G FD C F
Song
G G G F D# C F
Sing me at the river at dawn.
