Louisiana 1927 chords by Aaron Neville

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice


Verse:
G+G                    D/F#D/F#      E minorEm       E minor 7Em7
What has happened down here is the winds have  changed
Am7Am7                   C majorC          C majorC      G+G
Clouds roll in from the north and it start to rain
G+G         D/F#D/F#   E minorEm                   E minor 7Em7
Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
C majorC                      D MajorD                  CG
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

Verse:
G+G                D/F#D/F#   E minorEm           E minor 7Em7
The river rose all day, the river rose all night
C majorC             D MajorD
Some people got lost in the flood
C majorC                   G+G
Some people got away alright
G+G                   D/F#D/F#   E minorEm                 E minor 7Em7
The river have busted through, clear down to Plaque  mines
C majorC                      D MajorD                   C majorC G+G
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline


Chorus:
G+G         D/F#D/F#    E minorEm E minor 7Em7
Louisiana, Louisiana
                  C majorC
They're tyrin' to wash us away
                  C majorC       G+G
They're tryin' to wash us away


Verse:
President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand
President say "little fat man, isn't it a shame "
What the river has done to this poor cracker's land


Chorus:
G+G         D/F#D/F#    E minorEm E minor 7Em7
Louisiana, Louisiana
                  C majorC
They're tyrin' to wash us away
                  C majorC       G+G
They're tryin' to wash us away
                  C majorC
They're tyrin' to wash us away
                  C majorC       G+G
They're tryin' to wash us away

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