Chords for John Boutte' - Louisiana 1927

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[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ What's [Bm] happened down _ [Gm] here? _ _
The winds have _ _ changed.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ Clouds came [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ and [Gm] started to [F] rain.
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It [Dm] rained so [Gb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
hard.
And it rained a mighty long [E] _ [C] time.
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_ I can still see the water [Bb] _ _
in [Eb] the streets of _ _
[Bb] Evangeline.
_ _ _ [D] _ The river rose all [Gm] _ day. _ _
And that river rose all [Bb] night. _
_ _ _ [F] _ Some people got lost in [Eb] the flood.
[Dm] _ _ [Eb] Some got away all [Bb] _ right. _ _ _
_ [D] Levy [Fm] had busted.
[Gm] _ _
_ _ Kick off a plaque of _ [C] _ mines.
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Six feet of [Bb] water _ _ in [Cm] the streets of _ _ Evangeline.
_ _ Louisiana, _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ Louisiana. _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] They're [Am] trying to wash us [Eb] away.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ They're trying [Bb] to wash us away.
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[D] _ _ _ Louisiana, [Gm] _ Louisiana.
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They're trying to wash us away.
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_ They're [Gm] trying [C] to wash us [Bb] away.
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_ _ [D] President _ Coolidge came [Gm] _ down _ [G] in a railroad [D] _ train.
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_ With a little fat [Bb] man. _
_ He had [Cm] a notepad in his [Ebm] _ [Bb] hand.
_ _ [Gm] President [A] Coolidge said,
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Little fat man, _ isn't it [C] a shame?
_ _ [F] What the levy has done [Bb] _ to _ _ _ [Cm] these poor [Fm] _ _ [Gm] crackers _ [Bb] land.
_ [D] Louisiana, [Gb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ Louisiana. _ _
[C] They're trying to wash us away.
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_ _ They're [Bb] trying to wash us away.
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_ _ _ [D] Louisiana, _ _ _ [Gm] Louisiana. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] They're trying to wash us [Dbm] away.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ _ _ [D] Louisiana, _ _ _ [Gm] Louisiana.
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_ They're [C] trying to wash us away.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ They're trying [Gm] to wash us [Cm] away.
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Louisiana, [Bb] _ _ _ yeah.
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_ [D] _ _ [Gm] Louisiana. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ They're trying to wash us away.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] They're trying to wash us away. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] Louisiana, _ [G] Louisiana. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] They're [C] trying to wash us away.
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_ _ They're trying to [G] wash us [Bb] away.
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