When the levee breaks
E - A - E - A
(4x) + E - A
- E - A (5x) + C - D - E (2x) - - -
E A E - A
1. If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
E A E - A
if it
keeps on rainin', levee's goin'
to break,
E A E - A
when
the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay. + E - A
E A E - A
2. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
E A E - A
mean old
levee taught me to weep and moan,
E
A
E - A
it's
got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home.
E
- A
Ah, well.
+ C - D - E
(2x) + E - B7
- A - E (2x)
E
B7
+ Don't it make you feel
bad when you're tryin' to find your way home ?
A
E
you don't
know which way to go,
E
B7
if
you're goin' down South, they got no work to do,
A
E
if
you don't know about Chicago.
+ E - B7 - A - E (2x) + E - A - E - A (7x)
+ C - D - E (2x) - - -
E A E - A
3. Cryin' won't help you, prayin'
won't do you no good,
E A E - A
cryin' won't help you, prayin'
won't do you no good,
E A E - A
when
the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.
+ E - A - E
- A
E A E - A
4. All last night, sat on the levee and moaned,
E A E - A
all
last night, sat on the levee and moaned,
E
A E - A
thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home.
+ C - D - E
(2x) + E - B7 - A - E (6x)
+ E - A - E - A (10x) ....
(orig. = capo 1st) (Led
Zeppelin)