The Levees Gonna Break chords by Bob Dylan

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
• Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

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

G       320001
C       3X2013
D       X00232


Intro:
G G C  G G C G G C  G G C G G C  G G C

Verse:
G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G

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

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

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

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