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A Em
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break;
A Em
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break.
A Em
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.
A Em A
Em A
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan;
Em A
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan.
Em
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home.
A
Ah, well, oh well, oh well.
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E B
Don't it make you feel bad when you're tryin' to find your way home,
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You don't know which way to go.
B
If you're goin' down South, they got no work to do,
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If you don't know about Chicago.
A Em
Goin', goin' to Chicago,
A Em
goin' to Chicago, sorry but I can't take you.
A Em
Going down, going down now,
A
goining down, going down now, going down.
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good;
cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good.
When the Levee breaks, mama, you got to move.
All last night, sat on the levee and moaned;
all last night, sat on the levee and moaned.
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home.