Wooh...

G  C  F  C

G
A baby's born

C
The father's gone

F                         C
Can't live with what he's done

             G
You know now mama's torn

    C
She can't afford

F            C
   To raise her son

             Em           G              C
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

             Em           G              C
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

                      G      C      F      C
But then you get back up

GCFC

            G
Way down in New Orleans

    C
The city screams

F                          C
    They've gone black and white

             G
And when the levy's broke

              C
(Woo hoo) the city float

F                         C
    And people lost their lives

              G
You know they needed aid

     C
They hoped and prayed

F                       C
    But it was just too late
            G
And now the family's cried

C
They know inside

F                             C
      Doesn't have to be that way

             Em           G              C
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

             Em           G              C
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

                      G      C      F      C
But then you get back up

GCFC

             Em           G              C
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

             Em           G              C
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

                      G      C      F      C
But then you get back up