| E | A | E | |
| Lookin' | out from a hotel | room |
| A | E | |
| All alone on a Memph | is afternoon |
| I've been waitin' for |
| A | |
| this sto | rm to pass |
| E | A | B | E | |
| Gonna clear a pa | th and you can kiss | my ass good | bye |
| E | A | E | |
| I walk the | streets Where El | vis lived |
| A | |
| But they ain't never gon | na crown the king |
| E | A | |
| And I never felt that br | oken hearted |
| E | A | B | E | |
| I left bef | ore things ev | er got star | ted |
| Chorus: |
| E | A | |
| They got me on a riverboat drift | in' down |
| E | A | |
| Oh muddy water get me ou | t of town |
| E | B | A | E | |
| To that | sweet L | ouisiana sou | nd |
| E | A | E | |
| Unerne | ath a neon l | ight |
| A | |
| Another ghost d | own Beal street tonight |
| E | A | |
| I Ain't out to h | urt nobody |
| E | A | B | E | |
| but I played han | d I l | ost all my mo | ney |
| E | A | |
| They've | got the dogs out after me |
| E | A | B | E | |
| They're | diggin in the trash but | there's no scent | of me |
| (Chorus) |
| E | A | E | |
| Party bo | ys out on Bourbon street | s |
| A | |
| Sweepin' them yo | ung girls right off of their feet |
| E | A | E | |
| They got | those love tato | os |
| A | |
| Ac | ross their heart |
| E | A | B | E | |
| They been....... | ............ | ... in Mardi G | ras |
| E | A | |
| Turn the jukebox | loud as it can go |
| E | A | B | E | |
| Pack 'em | inside this our | last sh | ow |
| (Chorus x2) |
| Driftin Louisana sound |
| Driftin down sweet Louisiana sound |