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Five Feet High And Risin by Johnny Cash
Five Feet High And Risin
Standard Tuning Capo 1
Intro: A Strum Once
No Chord
How high's the water, Mama?
A
Two feet high and risin'.
A
How high's the water, Papa?
A
Two feet high and risin'.
/ A
We can / make it to the road, in a homemade boat,
/ A
That's the / only thing we got left that'll float,
/ E
It's / already over all the wheat and the oats,
E - A
Two feet high and risin'.
C
How high's the water, Mama?
C
Three feet high and risin'
C
How high's the water, Papa?
C
Three feet high and risin'.
/ C
Well, the / hives are gone, I've lost my bees.
/ C
The / chickens are sleepin' in the willow trees.
G
Cow's in water up past her knees,
G - C
Three feet high and risin'.
D
How high's the water, Mama?
D
Four feet high and risin'.
D
How high's the water, Papa?
D
Four feet high and risin'.
D
Hey, come look through the window pane,
/ A
The / bus is comin', gonna take us to the train
A
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain,
A - D
Four feet high and risin'
E
How high's the water, Mama?
E
Five feet high and risin'.
E
How high's the water, Papa?
E
Five feet high and risin'.
/ E
Well, the / rails are washed out north of town,
E
We gotta head for higher ground,
/ B
We / can't come back, till the water comes down,
B - E
Five feet high and risin'.
/ E
Well, it's / five feet high and risin'.
Intro: My Mama always taught me that good things come from adversity. If we put our faith
in the Lord. couldn't see much good in the flood waters, when they were causin' us to have
to leave home. But when the went down, we found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom
dirt across our land. The followin' year we had the best cotton crop we'd ever had. I remember
hearin'
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
[Chorus]
A
How high's the water, Mama?
Two feet high and risin'.
How high's the water, Papa?
She said it's two feet high and risin'.
[Verse 1]
A7
Well, we can make it to the road in a homemade boat,
D
'cause that's the only thing we got left that'll float.
E
It's already over all the wheat and oats;
A C
Two feet high and ris in'.
[Chorus]
C
How high's the water, Mama?
Three feet high and risin'.
How high's the water, Papa?
She said it's three feet high and risin'.
C7
Well, the hives are gone; I lost my bees.
F
Chickens are sleepin' in the willow trees.
G
Cow's in water up past their knees;
C D
three feet high and ris in'.
D
How high's the water, Mama?
Four feet high and risin'.
How high's the water, Papa?
She said it's four feet high and risin'.
D7
Hey, come look through the window pane.
G
The bus is comin', gonna take us to the train.
A
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain.
D E
Four feet high and ris in'.
[Chorus]
E
How high's the water, Mama?
Five feet high and risin'.
How high's the water, Papa?
She said it's five feet high and risin'.
[Verse 2]
E7
Well, the rails are washed out north of town.
A
We gotta head for higher ground.
B7
We can't come back till the water goes down;
E
Five feet high and ris in'.
Well, it's five feet high and risin'.
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version 3
Capo:no capo
G C G
How high is the water mama two feet high and risin'
C G
How high is the water papa she said it's two feet high and risin'
G7
But we can make it to the road in a homemade boat
C
Cause that's the only thing we got left that'll float
D7 G
It's already over all the wheat and oats two feet high and risin'
C G
How high is the water mama three feet high and risin'
C G
How high is the water papa she said it's three feet high and risin'
G7
Well the hives are gone I lost my bees
C
Chickens are sleepin' in the willow trees
D7 G
Cows in water up past their knees three feet high and risin'
C G
How high is the water mama four feet high and risin'
C G
How high is the water papa she said it's four feet high and risin'
G7
Hey come look through the window pane
C
The bus is comin' gonna take us to the train
D7 G
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain four feet high and risin'
C G
How high is the water mama five feet high and risin'
C G
How high is the water papa she said it's five feet high and risin'
G7 C
Well the rails are washed out north of town we gotta head for higher ground
D7 G
We can't come back till the water goes down five feet high and risin'
C G
Well it's five feet high and risin'
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