Ralph Stanley - Flood of 57 Chords

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_ _ _ _ I'm listening good people wherever _ [C] you _ _ are.
[Em] And _ [G] here's that story you've been waiting [D] _
for.
_ _ [G] About the flood of 57 _ as it happened [C] to _ be.
_ [G] In Kentucky or Virginia _ [D] and [G] East Tennessee. _
_ _ _ How the rains came down as we often [C] had seen.
_ _ [G] To swim a road river or some [D] little stream.
_ _ _ [G] But this was different and we soon [C] realized. _
_ _ _ [G] That the floods were raging [Bm] and we fought [G] for our lives.
_ _ _ _ _ Many were praying has never [C] been before.
_ _ [G] As the high muddy water came in through [D] their door.
_ _ _ [G] _ Some were left home their last seven [C] gone. _
_ _ [G] But their lives had been spent [D] and the cold rains [G] came on. _
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_ _ Little _ babies were crying and others [C] were _ sad.
_ [G] For all of our lives we've seen nothing [D] so bad. _
_ _ [G] But the brave and the strong were there by [C] the score.
_ _ [G] To help was they can need to [D] safety [G] on the shore. _
_ _ How we _ all escaped I never [C] will know.
_ It [G] must have been God's will it was not time to [D] _ go.
_ And [G] by the help of his mercy some [C] managed to _ _ smile.
_ [G] And fasted their safety while the _ waters run wild. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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