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Flood Water Blues by Lonnie Johnson
Flood Water Blues
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
G C7 G
It's been snowin' forty days and nights, lakes and rivers begin to freeze.
C7 G
It's been snowin' forty days and nights, rivers and lakes begin to freeze.
D7 C7 G
Some places through my old hometown, water‘s up above my knees.
[Verse 2]
G C7 G
Storm begin risin', and the sun begin sinking down.
C7 G
Storm begin risin', the sun begin sinking down.
D7 C7 G
I says, "Mother and Dad, pack your trunk. We ain't safe here in this town.
[Verse 3]
G C7 G
When it lightnin' my mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin' down.
C7 G
When it lightnin' my mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin' down.
D7 C7 G
And the shack where we was livin' begin movin' ‘round.
[Verse 4]
G C7 G
Women and children were screamin', sayin', "Mama why must we go?"
C7 G
Women and children were screamin', sayin', "Lord, where must we go?"
D7 C7 G
"The floodwater have broke the levees and we ain't safe here no more."
[Verse 5]
G C7 G
And begin cloud as dark as midnight, keep raining all the time.
C7 G
I say, "Oh, I wonder why the sun don't ever shine?"
D7 C7 G
And the way it keeps rainin' it's drivin' me out my mind.
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