Flood Water Blues chords by Lonnie Johnson

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

G+G                    C7C7             G+G
 It's been snowin' forty days and nights, lakes and rivers begin to freeze.

C7C7                                 G+G
 It's been snowin' forty days and nights, rivers and lakes begin to freeze.

D7D7                  C7C7          G+G
 Some places through my old hometown, water‘s up above my knees.


Verse 2:

G+G          C7C7            G+G
 Storm begin risin', and the sun begin sinking down.

C7C7                     G+G
 Storm begin risin', the sun begin sinking down.

D7D7            C7C7                     G+G
 I says, "Mother and Dad, pack your trunk. We ain't safe here in this town.

Verse 3:

G+G          C7C7                       G+G
When it lightnin' my mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin' down.

C7C7                                  G+G
When it lightnin' my mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin' down.

D7D7                C7C7      G+G
And the shack where we was livin' begin movin' ‘round.


Verse 4:

G+G            C7C7                  G+G
 Women and children were screamin', sayin', "Mama why must we go?"

C7C7                                G+G
 Women and children were screamin', sayin', "Lord, where must we go?"

D7D7                   C7C7            G+G
 "The floodwater have broke the levees and we ain't safe here no more."


Verse 5:

G+G              C7C7               G+G
 And begin cloud as dark as midnight, keep raining all the time.

C7C7                      G+G
 I say, "Oh, I wonder why the sun don't ever shine?"

D7D7              C7C7          G+G
 And the way it keeps rainin' it's drivin' me out my mind.