Checkpoint Charlie

band : woodbox gang album : born with a tail checkpoint charlie Verse 1 A D A F#m i had a dream i was in new orleans E D A maybe it was heaven A D A F#m all i know i wasn’t lonesome anymore E D A and the saints were marching in Verse 2 then i met a man chiseled from stone shared my table at the square maybe it was jesus , maybe iggy pop we smoked my last cigarette Chorus 1 A D A F#m what does it matter heaven or the latter E D A i’ll pay the tab said the nazarene A D A F#m we can take all you’ve got good times or not E D A with iggy and jesus in new orleans Verse 3 it was daybreak way out on the levee iggy is playing washtub in three - quarter time down by the river i heard some clawhammer banjo me and jesus went fishing Chorus 2 what does it matter the bayou or el paso i’ll pay the tab said the nazarene high as a fruit bat in napa valley with iggy and jesus in new orleans Verse 4 was it purgatory , was it checkpoint charlie’s i decided i was staying forever that ol’ morning sun maybe it was voodoo i woke up to the whistling southbound train