The Levees Gonna Break chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Note that the C majorC is played with a G+G bass and a G+G top string

G+G    320001
C majorC    3X2013
D MajorD    X00232


Intro:
G+G G MajorG C majorC G+G G MajorG C majorC G+G G MajorG C majorC G+G G MajorG C majorC G+G G MajorG C majorC G+G G MajorG C majorC

Verse:
G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G
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C majorC
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD             C majorC            G+G
Everybody saying this is a day only the Lord could make
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day
G+G
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C majorC
Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD             C majorC        G+G
I got to the river and I threw my clothes away
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
I paid my time and now I'm as good as new
G+G
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C majorC
I paid my time and now I'm as good as new
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD             C majorC           G+G
They can't take me back, not unless I want them to
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G
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G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD            C majorC              G+G
Some of these people gonna strip you of all they can take
G+G
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Instrumental:

Verse:
G+G
I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
G+G
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C majorC
I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD                       C majorC         G+G
Riches and salvation can be waiting behind the next bend in the road
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
G+G
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C majorC                             G+G
I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD              C majorC             G+G
You say you want me to quit ya, I told you no, not just yet
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
I look in your eyes, I see nobody else but me
G+G
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C majorC                      G+G
I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD            C majorC      G+G
I see all that I am and all I hope to be
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G
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C majorC                    G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G
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D MajorD             C majorC            G+G
Some of these people don't know which road to take
G+G
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Instrumental:

Verse:
G+G
When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
G+G
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C majorC                   G+G
When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD            C majorC          G+G
Without you there's no meaning in anything I do
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
Some people on the road carrying everything that they own
G+G
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C majorC                           G+G
Some people on the road carrying everything that they own
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD                  C majorC         G+G
Some people got barely enough skin to cover their bones
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress
G+G
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C majorC                          G+G
Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD               C majorC                   G+G
A augmentedA few more years of hard work then there'll be a thousand years of happiness
G+G
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Instrumental:

Verse:
G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G
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C majorC                    G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD             C majorC            G+G
I tried to get you to love me, but I won't repeat that mistake
G+G
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 Verse:
G+G
I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed
G+G
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C majorC
I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD             C majorC            G+G
I ain't got enough room to even raise my head
G+G
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 Verse:
G+G
Come back, baby, say we never more will part
G+G
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C majorC                      G+G
Come back, baby, say we never   more will part
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD             C majorC            G+G
Don't be a stranger without a     brain or heart
G+G
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Verse:
G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G
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C majorC                   G+G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G+G             C majorC
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D MajorD             C majorC            G+G
Some people still sleepin', some people are wide awake
G+G
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Outro:
G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG
G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG
C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C
G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG
D MajorD D D MajorD D D MajorD D D MajorD D C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C
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