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1. The fortune queen of New Orleans
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was
brushing her cat in her black limousine,
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On the back seat were scratches
from
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the
marks of men her fortune she had wo......n.
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C
2. You couldn't see through the tinted glass,
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she
said, "Home James" and he hit the gas.
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I followed her to some
darkened room
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she
took my money, she said, "I'll be with you soo.....n".
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E
Dark lady laughed and danced
and lit the candles one by one,
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danced
to her gypsy music 'til her brew was done.
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E
Dark lady played black magic 'til
the clock struck on the twelve,
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she
told me more about me than I knew myself.
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3. She dealt two cards, - a Queen and a Three,
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and
mumbled some words that were so strange to me,
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and
then she turned up a two-eyed Jack,
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my
eyes saw red but the card still stayed bla....ck.
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C
4. She said the man you love is secretly true,
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to
someone else who is very close to you,
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My advice is that you leave
this place,
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never
come back and forget you ever saw my fa....ce.
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E
Dark lady laughed and danced
and lit the candles one by one,
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danced
to her gypsy music 'til her brew was done.
(song moves up half a note to
capo 4th here)
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E
Dark lady played black magic
'til the clock struck on the twelve,
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- E
she
told me more about me than I knew myself.
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5. So I ran home and crawled in my bed,
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I couldn't sleep because of
all the things she said.
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Then I remembered her strange
perfume,
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and
how I smelled it once in my own roo....m.
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C
6. So I sneaked back and caught her with my man,
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laughing
and kissing till they saw the gun in my hand.
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The next thing I knew they
were dead on the floor,
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dark
lady would never turn a card up anymo.....re.
+ CHORUS ...
(orig.
= capo 3rd) (Cher)