Louisiana 1927 chords by Randy Newman

Louisiana 1927
words & music by Randy Newman

intro:
G    C  G    D/A  G
     C  G  A7/E  D7  G
verse 1:
G        Gadd9/B                   Em7
What has happened down here is the winds have changed
A7          D11                      C/G           G
Clouds roll in from the north and it starts to rain
           Gadd9/B                   Em7
Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time
A7                         D11             G    C    D11
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
verse 2:
G      Bm7                     Em7
River rose all day, the river rose all night
A7               D11              C/G                G       C  Dsus4
Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away all right
G         Bm7                     Em7
River had busted through clear down to Plaquemines
A7                          D11            G    C
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

chorus:
C       D11   G   D/F#  B7/F#   Em
  Lou-i-si-a-na,    Lou- i-  si-a-na
G7/D                 Cadd9
  They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4               C/E      G/D
  They're trying to wash us away
C    G/B Am7  G   D/F#  B7/F#  Em
  Lou-i-si-a-na,    Lou- i- si-a-na
G/D                  Cadd9
  They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4              C/E      G/D   C   G/B   Am7
  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       D11   G   D/F#  B7/F#   Em
  Lou-i-si-a-na,    Lou- i-  si-a-na
G7/D                 Cadd9
  They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4               C/E      G/D
  They're trying to wash us away
C    G/B Am7  G   D/F#  B7/F#  Em
  Lou-i-si-a-na,    Lou- i- si-a-na
G/D                  Cadd9
  They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4              C/E      G/D
  They're trying to wash us away
C         G/B        A7
  They're trying to wash us away
D11                  C/G         G
  They're trying to wash us away

CHORDS:  E A D G B 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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