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