Build A Levee chords by Natalie Merchant

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Am

Verse 1:
Am                  C
  When I was just a little girl
G                  Am
  My mamma said to me
C               G
  Beware of the devil my child
       G                       Am
In the dark rocky places he'll keep
C               G
  Beware of the devil my child
    G                  Am
Beware of his charming ways
Am                     C
  You'll fall under an evil spell
    G                         Am
Just looking at his beautiful face

Bridge:
Dm                           E               Am
  You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Dm                           E               Am
  You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside

Verse 2:
Am                         C
   Don't go walking by the riverside
   G              Am
Alone in the pale moonlight
C               G
  He'll come up upon you girl
        G            Am
With no earthy body  in sight
C         G
  Come up upon you girl
           G                   Am
And he'll    whisper something sweet
Am                        C
  Then take you where the waters rise
   G               Am
So high and run so deep

Chorus:
Dm                           E               Am
  You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Dm                       E               Am
  Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Dm                 E7          E7
  Build yourself a levee girl
n.c.                Am
when the waters run high

Am  Am  Am

Verse 3:
Am                      C
  Now when I was just a little girl
G                  Am
  My mamma said to me
C               G
  Beware of the devil my child
G                      Am
  But if by chance you should meet
C               G
  Beware of his cold dark eyes
G                        Am
 full of bold and unholy deceit
Am                       C
  He'll tempt you with a whirling pool of
G                         G
  lies and promises He'll deny or
G                    Am
  that he will never keep

Am

Chorus:
Dm                           E               Am
  You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Dm                 Em                    Am
  Build yourself a levee girl deep inside
Dm                        E                Am   Am
  Better build yourself a levee deep inside
   Dm            E             E
Build yourself a levee girl
n.c.
            when the waters run high

Ending:
Am  Am  Am  Am  Am