Story Behind The Song
Getting haunted by murdered man's ghost in New Orleans; singer thought a murder across the hall in French Quarter was "funny" till dead man showed up in the middle of the night. Fortunately, the singer learned his lesson and now has a voodoo doll from The Chicken Man - last of the voodoo priests.
Song Description
Getting haunted by murdered man's ghost in New Orleans; singer thought a murder across the hall in French Quarter was "funny" till dead man showed up in the middle of the night.
| Song Length |
4:41 |
Genre |
Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll, World - African |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Stressed, Disturbed |
Subject |
Violence, Fear |
| Similar Artists |
The Neville Brothers, Dr. John |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Sinners Go Too
Am
F G
Room across the hall
Am
A whip and a gun
F G
Brains on the wall
Am
Coparazzi snappin
No footage of her leavin
Only comin
John' still hopin
For a happy endin
I start laughin
That happens in Norlins
Marie she's warnin
Better keep it down
CHORUS
Dm
When the saints go marchin
Am
The sinners go too
Dm
Devil's procession
Am
Under the moon
E7
When the saints go marchin
Am
The sinners go too
E7
When the saints go marchin
Am
The sinners go too
He came floatin, glowin
Foot of my bed
"Hear I am!"
Was all he said
Snarled and streamed
Outa the window
I sat and screamed
Marie just snored
Stared till dawn
No more returns
Is he really gone
Will he take me to burn
CHORUS
Interlude = 2x CHORUS
Learned my lesson
He taught me well
Don't mess with a man
On the way to hell
Now I don't chance it
Watch what I say
Don't want no more visits
From the man that ain't
Got me voodoo
From the Chicken Man
Gets me thru
Mojo hand
2 X CHORUS + 4 x Sinners Go....
Outro = 2x CHORUS + 4 x Sinners Go....