The Levees Gonna Break Chords

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 (Eight beats no lyric) C If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G Everybody saying this is a day only the Lord could make G (Eight beats no lyric)

Verse: G Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day G (Eight beats no lyric) C Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G I got to the river and I threw my clothes away G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G I paid my time and now I'm as good as new G (Eight beats no lyric) C I paid my time and now I'm as good as new G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G They can't take me back, not unless I want them to G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G (Eight beats no lyric) G If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G Some of these people gonna strip you of all they can take G (Eight beats no lyric) Instrumental: Verse: G I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload G (Eight beats no lyric) C I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G Riches and salvation can be waiting behind the next bend in the road G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get G (Eight beats no lyric) C G I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G You say you want me to quit ya, I told you no, not just yet G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G I look in your eyes, I see nobody else but me G (Eight beats no lyric) C G I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G I see all that I am and all I hope to be G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G (Eight beats no lyric) C G If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G (Eight beats no lyric) D C G Some of these people don't know which road to take G (Eight beats no lyric) Instrumental: Verse: G When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue G (Eight beats no lyric) C G When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G Without you there's no meaning in anything I do G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G Some people on the road carrying everything that they own G (Eight beats no lyric) C G Some people on the road carrying everything that they own G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G Some people got barely enough skin to cover their bones G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress G (Eight beats no lyric) C G Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G A few more years of hard work then there'll be a thousand years of happiness G (Eight beats no lyric) Instrumental: Verse: G If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G (Eight beats no lyric) C G If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G I tried to get you to love me, but I won't repeat that mistake G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed G (Eight beats no lyric) C I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G I ain't got enough room to even raise my head G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G Come back, baby, say we never more will part G (Eight beats no lyric) C G Come back, baby, say we never more will part G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G Don't be a stranger without a brain or heart G (Eight beats no lyric) Verse: G If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G (Eight beats no lyric) C G If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break G C (Eight beats no lyric) D C G Some people still sleepin', some people are wide awake G (Eight beats no lyric) 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