Louisiana 1927 chords by Randy Newman

Chords with lyrics

Louisiana 1927
words & music by Randy Newman

intro:
G+G  C majorC G+G  D/AD/A G+G
   C majorC G+G A7/E D7D7 G+G
verse 1:
G+G    Gadd9/B          E minor 7Em7
What has happened down here is the winds have changed
A7A7     D11D11           C/GC/G      G+G
Clouds roll in from the north and it starts to rain
      Gadd9/B          E minor 7Em7
Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time
A7A7             D11D11       G+G  C majorC  D11D11
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
verse 2:
G+G   Bm7Bm7           E minor 7Em7
River rose all day, the river rose all night
A7A7        D11D11       C/GC/G        G+G    C majorC Dsus4Dsus4
Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away all right
G+G     Bm7Bm7           E minor 7Em7
River had busted through clear down to Plaquemines
A7A7             D11D11      G+G  C majorC
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

chorus:
C majorC    D11D11  G+G  D/F#D/F# B7/F#  E minorEm
 Lou-i-si-a-na,  Lou- i- si-a-na
G7/D         Cadd9Cadd9
 They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4D7sus4        C/EC/E   G/DG/D
 They're trying to wash us away
C majorC  G/BG/B Am7Am7 G+G  D/F#D/F# B7/F# E minorEm
 Lou-i-si-a-na,  Lou- i- si-a-na
G/DG/D         Cadd9Cadd9
 They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4D7sus4       C/EC/E   G/DG/D  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
 They're trying to wash us away

verse 3 (chords as in verse 2):
President Coolidge come 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:
C majorC    D11D11  G+G  D/F#D/F# B7/F#  E minorEm
 Lou-i-si-a-na,  Lou- i- si-a-na
G7/D         Cadd9Cadd9
 They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4D7sus4        C/EC/E   G/DG/D
 They're trying to wash us away
C majorC  G/BG/B Am7Am7 G+G  D/F#D/F# B7/F# E minorEm
 Lou-i-si-a-na,  Lou- i- si-a-na
G/DG/D         Cadd9Cadd9
 They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4D7sus4       C/EC/E   G/DG/D
 They're trying to wash us away
C majorC     G/BG/B    A7A7
 They're trying to wash us away
D11D11         C/GC/G     G+G
 They're trying to wash us away

CHORDS: E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
A7/E:  X X 2 2 2 3
Gadd9/B: X 2 0 2 0 3
D11:   X X 0 2 1 3
C/G:   3 X 2 0 1 3
Dsus4:  X X 0 2 3 3
D7sus4: X X 0 2 1 3
D/F#:  2 X 4 2 3 2
B7/F#:  2 X 1 2 0 2
G7/D:  X X 0 0 0 1
Cadd9:  X 3 2 0 3 3
C/E:   X X 2 0 1 3
G/D:   X X 0 4 3 3
G/B:   X 2 0 0 3 3

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