intro G5 C5 G5 D5 G5 C5 G5 A5 D5 G5 verse 1 G5 G5 E5 What has happened down here is the winds have changed A5 D5 C5 G5 Clouds roll in from the north and it starts to rain G5 E5 Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time A5 D5 G5 C5 D5 Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline verse 2 G5 B5 E5 River rose all day, the river rose all night A5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away all right G5 B5 E5 River had busted through clear down to Plaquemines A5 D5 G5 C5 Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline C5 D5 G5 D5 B5 E5 Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si- a-na G5 C5 They're trying to wash us away D5 C5 G5 They're trying to wash us away C5 G5 A5 G5 D5 B5 E5 Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na G5 C5 They're trying to wash us away D5 C5 G5 C5 G5 A5 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?" C5 D5 G5 D5 B5 E5 Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na G5 C5 They're trying to wash us away D5 C5 G5 They're trying to wash us away C5 G5 A5 G5 D5 B5 E5 Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na G5 C5 They're trying to wash us away D5 C5 G5 They're trying to wash us away C5 G5 A5 They're trying to wash us away D5 C5 G5 They're trying to wash us away