Chords with lyrics
When The Levee Breaks chords (for acoustic guitar - an oxymoron ) Led Zeppelin 1970 (Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie 1929) Arguably, one of the finest recordings ever mixing the blues with heavy metal rock. About the great Mississippi flood of 1927. Very hard to accurately duplicate because of the heavy amount of studio recording, echo harmonica & special effects. E7* = G+G string 1st fret + A augmentedA string 2nd fret (2 finger E7E7 chord) E7** = E MajorE chord + BB string 3rd fret (4 finger E7E7 chord) E MajorE chord Repeatedly strum E7*/E/E7**/E7* Play around with different combinations for the best effect, deemphasizing the high E MajorE string and emphasizing the low E MajorE string Capo I E7*/E/E7**/E7* 18x C majorC D MajorD E7*/E 4x C majorC D MajorD E7*/E 4x
E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE If it keeps on raining, levee's goin' to break, 2x E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay. E7*/E/E7**/E7* 2x E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, 2x E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home, E7* E MajorE E7* E MajorE E7* E MajorE Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well. C majorC D MajorD E7*/E 4x C majorC D MajorD E7*/E 4x E7*/E E7*/B E7* A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE E7* E MajorE Don't it make you feel bad BB When you're trying to find your way home, A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE You don't know which way to go? E7* E MajorE If you're goin' down South BB They got no work to do, A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE If you don't know about Chicago. E7*/E E7*/B E7* A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE 2x E7*/E/E7**/E7* 14x C majorC D MajorD E7*/E 4x C majorC D MajorD E7*/E 4x E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE Cryin' won't help you, praying won't do you no good, E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE Now, cryin' won't help you, praying won't do you no good, E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move. E7*/E/E7**/E7* 2x E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE All last night sat on the levee and moaned, 2x E7* E MajorE E7** E MajorE Thinking about me baby and my happy home. C majorC D MajorD E7*/E 4x C majorC D MajorD E7*/E 4x
E7*/E E7*/B E7* A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE 2x E7*/E E7*/B E7* A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE 2x Ah ha ah ha ah ha ha ha E7*/E E7*/B E7* A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE E7*/E/E7**/E7* 2x Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... sorry but I can't take you... E7* E MajorE E7** E7* E MajorE Going down... going down now... going down.... Set8
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Alternative guitar chords and tabs for When the world was young by Led Zeppelin
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