Below Zero

Open tuning to E
somewhat traditional jazz styling

Hello my neighbor
I surely recognize you.
Well, all right I suppose,
How do you do?
So where y'at babe?
Yeah me, I've been a refugee too.
But I know we're can see this thing through.

Chorus

I'll try to keep smiling
And stay strong for you.
Right now, that's all I can do.
But don't you cry no more
Unless you really need to.
Oh and darlin' if you do,
You know I will cry with you.
If you can hear what I say
We'll cry tears of joy one day.
We've been as low as we can go
But we will rise again I know.
New Orleans will sing and dance my friend
And we'll be together again.
We'll be among the few
Those who really knew
How it feels to go
Way below zero.

Mama she's in Texas.
No she ain't feeling well.
Sissy's in Oklahoma friend.
N'Awlins been through hell.
Me, I've been in Baton Rouge.
Too close, to far, and way too homesick blue
I just wanna go home and start over again.
Soon as they'll let me back in

Chorus

I'll try to keep smiling
And stay strong for you.
Right now, that's all I can do.

I know some went crazy.
I know some done wrong.
But that's just one verse.
It's not the whole song.
If you've been hungry and thirsty,
And left alone in the dark,
You know madness is contagious,
If you lose hope's sweet spark.

Chorus

Don't you cry no more,
Unless you really need to.
Oh and darlin' if you do,
You know I will cry with you.
If you can hear what I say,
We'll cry tears of joy one day.
We'll be in that second line,
Let the pain go and we'll be fine.
New Orleans will sing and dance my friend.
We'll be together again.
We'll be among the few
Those who really knew
How it feels to go
Way below zero.

Chord Structure
Verse/Chorus

G Emin F C D

Bridge

Emin C D Emin C D