Southern Flood Blues Chords by Big Bill Broonzy

[N] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
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Early, early one morning _ _ _ water was coming in my door. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Early, _ _ [F] _
early one morning _ _ _ water was coming in my door.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ It _ [Gm] was the Ohio _ _ River _ telling us to get ready [C] and go. _ _ _ _ _
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It was [C] _ dark and was raining. _
_ _ [Bb] You could [F] hear that howling [C] wind. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It _ was dark and was raining. _ _ _
Baby, you could [F] hear that howling wind.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ If [Gm] _ I get away this time, _ I will never come here _ again.
[Am] _ _
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My [C] _ _ baby was crying.
_ _ _ I didn't have a [Cm] thing to _ eat. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] I _ _ _ didn't have a thing [C] to eat.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
The water had come in, _ washed everything [G] I had [C] down the street.
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was hollering for mercy _ _ _ and there were no [F] boats [C] around. _ _
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_ _ _ I was hollering for mercy _ [F] _ _ and there were no [Cm] boats around.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] It looked like people, _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ I've got to stay [G] right here and [C] drown.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ My _ house started shaking, _ _
_ _ [Gm] started floating on [F] down the [C] stream.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
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[F] My house started shaking, _ _ _ went floating on down the [C] stream.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] It was _ [Gm] dark at midnight.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _
People began [G] to holler [C] and scream.
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