St Francis Dam Disaster chords by Frank Black And The Catholics

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

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

Verse 1:
E minorEm C majorC            G+G
   There was a well known water master man
E minorEm C majorC      G+G FF
   He was the king
E minorEm      D MajorD  G+G
 He could do anything


E minorEm C majorC         G+G
   The St. Francis dam disaster, man
E minorEm C majorC           G+G FF
   Thought she was all right
E minorEm    D MajorD    G+G
 Until around midnight

Chorus:
E minorEm       FF        C majorC
 Because that water seeks her own
  D MajorD        E minorEm
She had a desire to flow
    N.C.
She was  looking for somewhere to go


Riff:
D MajorD


Verse 2:
E minorEm C majorC            G+G
   She was a slave to the great metropolis
E minorEm C majorC         G+G FF
   She was feeling choked
E minorEm        D MajorD      G+G
 She pushed the wall till it broke

E minorEm C majorC           G+G
   When they heard the great apocalypse
E minorEm  C majorC         G+G FF
  At powerhouse number 2
E minorEm        D MajorD         G+G
 Well, there was nothing they could do


Chorus:
E minorEm       FF        C majorC
 Because that water seeks her own
D MajorD                 E minorEm
Five and one half hours she would flow
    N.C.
She had  53 miles to go

Riff:
D MajorD


Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
E minorEm C majorC G+G FF
E minorEm D MajorD G+G


Verse 3:
E minorEm C majorC          G+G
   A augmentedA cascade down to Santa Clara way
E minorEm C majorC       G+G FF
   Near 60 feet high
E minorEm      D MajorD  G+G
 Now she's a mile wide

E minorEm C majorC           G+G
   It was clear she was going far away
E minorEm C majorC            G+G FF
   And whole towns were, too
E minorEm     D MajorD     G+G
 A augmentedA few got lucky in Piru


Chorus:
E minorEm       FF        C majorC
 Because that water seeks her own
D MajorD                E minorEm
 But four more hours she would flow
    N.C.
She had  29 miles more to go


Riff:
D MajorD


Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
E minorEm C majorC G+G FF
E minorEm D MajorD G+G


Verse 4:
E minorEm C majorC          G+G
   She carried in her every kind of thing
E minorEm    C majorC          G+G FF
 House, tree, and telegraph pole
E minorEm      D MajorD    G+G
 Some say a thousand souls

E minorEm  C majorC           G+G
  At 3 A.M. she gave Santa Paula a ring
E minorEm     C majorC       G+G FF
  She was still 25 feet high
E minorEm    D MajorD    G+G
 Under a peaceful sky


Chorus:
E minorEm       FF        C majorC
 Because that water seeks her own
D MajorD               E minorEm
 But two more hours she would flow
    N.C.
She had   19 miles more to go


Verse 5:
E minorEm N.C.    C majorC N.C.      G+G N.C.
   It was a real bad night in little Saticoy
E minorEm N.C. C majorC N.C.     G+G N.C.
   El Rio, then Montalvo
E minorEm     D MajorD       G+G
 How many, no one really knows

E minorEm C majorC          G+G
   Ventura Beach was very scary, boy
E minorEm  C majorC    G+G FF
  Humanity a-pile
E minorEm      D MajorD   G+G
 She went a final mile


Chorus:
E minorEm       FF        C majorC
 Because that water seeks her own
D MajorD            E minorEm N.C.
 Into the sea the water flowed
E minorEm N.C.
 Now forever she would go


Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
E minorEm C majorC G+G FF
E minorEm D MajorD G+G

E minorEm C majorC G+G
E minorEm C majorC G+G FF
E minorEm D MajorD G+G


Outro:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
E minorEm C majorC G+G FF
E minorEm