There's a moon over Bourbon Street tonight
Gm7(♭5) C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭Dm7(♭5)
I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight
I've no choice but to follow that call
The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all
Gm7(♭5) C7 Fm FmonG Fm7onA♭ Fm
I pray everyday to be strong
Gm7(♭5) C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭ Dm7(♭5)
For I know what I do must be wrong
D♭ C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭ Dm7(♭5)
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street
Fm B♭／C7 Fm B♭／C7 Fm B♭m／Gm7(♭5)
It was many years ago that I became what I am
Gm7(♭5) C7 Fm FmonG FmonA♭ FmonC
I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb
Now I can never show my face at noon
And you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon
The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast
Gm7(♭5) C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭ Dm7(♭5)
I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest
D♭ C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭ Dm7(♭5)
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street
D♭ E♭／Fm G Csus4／Cm B♭m FmonA♭ G C C7 FmonC Cm／C
Gm7(♭5) C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭ Dm7(♭5)
She walks everyday through the streets of New Orleans
She's innocent and young, from a family of means
I have stood many times outside her window at night
To struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlight
Gm7(♭5) C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭ Dm7(♭5)
How could I be this way when I pray to God above?
Gm7(♭5) C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭ Dm7(♭5)
I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love
D♭ C7 Fm FmM7onE Fm7onE♭ Dm7(♭5)
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street
