intro  
G    C  G    D/A  G 

     C  G  A7/E  D7  G 
verse 1  
G        G9/B                                   Em7 
What has happened down here is the winds have changed 
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Clouds roll in from the north and it starts to rain 
                 G9/B                       Em7 
Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time 
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Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline 
 
verse 2  
G      Bm7                          Em7 
River rose all day, the river rose all night 
A7                       D11                C/G                            G       C  D4 
Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away all right 
G               Bm7                            Em7 
River had busted through clear down to Plaquemines 
A7                                    D11                 G    C 
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline 
C       D11   G   D/F#  B7/F#   Em 
  Lou-i-si-a-na,    Lou- i-  si-     a-na 
G7/D                 C9 
  They're trying to wash us away 
D74               C/E      G/D 
  They're trying to wash us away 
C    G/B Am7  G   D/F#  B7/F#  Em 
  Lou-i-si-a-na,    Lou- i- si-a-na 
G/D                  C9 
  They're trying to wash us away 
D74              C/E      G/D   C   G/B   Am7 
  They're trying to wash us away  

verse 3 (chords as in verse 2)  

President Coolidge come down in a railroad train 

With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand 

President say "Little fat man, isn't it a shame 

What the river has done to this poor cracker's land?" 
C       D11   G   D/F#  B7/F#   Em 
  Lou-i-si-a-na,    Lou- i-  si-a-na 
G7/D                 C9 
  They're trying to wash us away 
D74               C/E      G/D 
  They're trying to wash us away 
C    G/B Am7  G   D/F#  B7/F#  Em 
  Lou-i-si-a-na,    Lou- i- si-a-na 
G/D                  C9 
  They're trying to wash us away 
D74              C/E      G/D 
  They're trying to wash us away 
C         G/B        A7 
  They're trying to wash us away 
D11                  C/G         G 
  They're trying to wash us away