When the levee breaks    (video)

 

    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)