Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
A minorAm
Verse 1:
A minorAm C majorC
When I was just a little girl
G+G A minorAm
My mamma said to me
C majorC G+G
Beware of the devil my child
G+G A minorAm
In the dark rocky places he'll keep
C majorC G+G
Beware of the devil my child
G+G A minorAm
Beware of his charming ways
A minorAm C majorC
You'll fall under an evil spell
G+G A minorAm
Just looking at his beautiful face
Bridge:
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Verse 2:
A minorAm C majorC
Don't go walking by the riverside
G+G A minorAm
Alone in the pale moonlight
C majorC G+G
He'll come up upon you girl
G+G A minorAm
With no earthy body in sight
C majorC G+G
Come up upon you girl
G+G A minorAm
And he'll whisper something sweet
A minorAm C majorC
Then take you where the waters rise
G+G A minorAm
So high and run so deep
Chorus:
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
DmDm E7E7 E7E7
Build yourself a levee girl
n.c. A minorAm
when the waters run high
A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm
Verse 3:
A minorAm C majorC
Now when I was just a little girl
G+G A minorAm
My mamma said to me
C majorC G+G
Beware of the devil my child
G+G A minorAm
But if by chance you should meet
C majorC G+G
Beware of his cold dark eyes
G+G A minorAm
full of bold and unholy deceit
A minorAm C majorC
He'll tempt you with a whirling pool of
G+G G+G
lies and promises He'll deny or
G+G A minorAm
that he will never keep
A minorAm
Chorus:
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
DmDm E minorEm A minorAm
Build yourself a levee girl deep inside
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm A minorAm
Better build yourself a levee deep inside
DmDm E MajorE E MajorE
Build yourself a levee girl
n.c.
when the waters run high
Ending:
A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm