Louisiana 1927 chords by Aaron Neville

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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