Biography:
On Sundays as the red beans were soaking for Monday's dinner, John Boutte was awakened by the sounds of his New Orleans neighborhood. Voices carried over the fence from the church behind his home in the Seventh Ward, the home where his mother Gloria still lives, where most of his Creole family still lives and sings. Past the front yard, second-line parades rolled by, matching the madness of Carnival season and the transcendent joy of the jazz funeral. This roux of influences created John Boutte, and serves him to this day.
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*Lyrics and timing of chord changes may differ depending on what version of the song you're most familiar
with. The lyrics are consistent with the version on Boutte’s Jambalaya album but for the timing of chord
changes I focused more on the version featured on the Treme Season 1 Soundtrack
[Verse]
Bb Dm
Don't waste your time being angry
D# Bb
When a moment's better with a smile
Bb G7
If you feel your time's been wasted
C F
Waste it here a while
Bb Bb7 D# Bb
Standing at that bus stop just across from Krausse
Bb G7
Waiting for the driver
C F Bb
To take me to my heavenly house
[Chorus]
F
I'll see you there (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb
What will you wear (at the foot of canal street)
F
Will the band be playing (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb
What will the people be saying (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb7 D#
Does your father lie there? does your mother pray there?
Bb D#
I'm gonna put on my golden crown
F F7 Bb
At the foot of Canal Street
[Verse]
Bb Gm
When the levee banks have over flowed
D# Bb
And the street car has seen its day
Bb G7
When all is gone the plantations
C F
The Treme and the Vieux Carre
Bb Bb7
I'll be swinging to that music
D# Bb
Way up on higher ground
Bb Cm
Where Pops is blowing "Walk On"
D# F Bb
With Gabriel making sacred sounds
[Chorus]
F
I'll see you there (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb
What will you wear (at the foot of canal street)
F
Will the band be playing (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb
What will the people be saying (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb7 D#
Does your father lie there? does your mother pray there?
Bb D#
I'm gonna put on my golden crown
F F7 Bb
At the foot of Canal Street
with. The lyrics are consistent with the version on Boutte’s Jambalaya album but for the timing of chord
changes I focused more on the version featured on the Treme Season 1 Soundtrack
[Verse]
Bb Dm
Don't waste your time being angry
D# Bb
When a moment's better with a smile
Bb G7
If you feel your time's been wasted
C F
Waste it here a while
Bb Bb7 D# Bb
Standing at that bus stop just across from Krausse
Bb G7
Waiting for the driver
C F Bb
To take me to my heavenly house
[Chorus]
F
I'll see you there (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb
What will you wear (at the foot of canal street)
F
Will the band be playing (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb
What will the people be saying (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb7 D#
Does your father lie there? does your mother pray there?
Bb D#
I'm gonna put on my golden crown
F F7 Bb
At the foot of Canal Street
[Verse]
Bb Gm
When the levee banks have over flowed
D# Bb
And the street car has seen its day
Bb G7
When all is gone the plantations
C F
The Treme and the Vieux Carre
Bb Bb7
I'll be swinging to that music
D# Bb
Way up on higher ground
Bb Cm
Where Pops is blowing "Walk On"
D# F Bb
With Gabriel making sacred sounds
[Chorus]
F
I'll see you there (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb
What will you wear (at the foot of canal street)
F
Will the band be playing (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb
What will the people be saying (at the foot of Canal Street)
Bb7 D#
Does your father lie there? does your mother pray there?
Bb D#
I'm gonna put on my golden crown
F F7 Bb
At the foot of Canal Street
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