Galveston Flood chords by Tony Rice

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
      G+G           C majorC     G+G
It was the year of 1900 that was 80 years ago
                       C majorC             G+G
Death come'd a howling on the ocean and when death calls you've got to go
                 C majorC       G+G
Galveston had a sea wall just to keep the water down
                     C majorC         G+G
But a high tide from the ocean blew the water all over the town

Chorus:
G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C majorC          G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning

Wasn't that a mighty storm
        C majorC    G+G
It blew all the people away

Verse:
   G+G                 C majorC     G+G
The sea began to rolling the ships they could not land
             C majorC           G+G
I heard a captain crying Oh God save a drowning man
                 C majorC        G+G
The rain it was a falling and the thunder began to roll
                       C majorC       G+G
The lightning flashed like Hell-fire and the wind began to blow

Bridge:
                   C majorC      G+G
The trees fell on the island and the houses gave away
                C majorC         G minorGm
Some they strived and drownded others died every wy

Chorus:
G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C majorC          G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning

Wasn't that a mighty storm
        C majorC    G+G
It blew all the people away

Verse:
  G+G                       C majorC        G+G
The trains at the station were loaded with the people all leaving town
                        C majorC          G+G
But the trestle gave way with the water and the trains they went on down
                  C majorC       G+G
Old death the cruel master when the winds began to blow
                   C majorC           G+G
Rode in on a team of horses and cried death won't you let me go

Chorus:
G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C majorC          G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning

Wasn't that a mighty storm
        C majorC    G+G
It blew all the people away

Verse:
  G+G             C majorC        G+G
The flood it took my mother it took my brother too
                   C majorC         G+G
I thought I heard my father call as I watched my mother go
                      C majorC       G+G
Old death your hands are clammy when you've got them on my knee
                   C majorC        G+G
You come and took my mother won't you come back after me?

Chorus:
G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C majorC          G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning

Wasn't that a mighty storm
        C majorC    G+G
It blew all the people away

Chorus:
G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C majorC          G+G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning

Wasn't that a mighty storm
        C majorC    G+G
It blew all the people away
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