Ellis Paul - Hurricane Angel
A Summer Night In Georgia: Live From Eddie's Attic

Intro: C Am F C, C Am F G, Am C F C, Am C F C G

C (x32010@1)            AmOn (x02210@1)the day the levee broke
    F (133211@1)                 CThe (x32010@1)water did rise, The flowers did choke 
  C (x32010@1)                    AmI (x02210@1)sat in my living room, took one last toke 
       F (133211@1)                  GThen (320003@1)I watched it all drift away

Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)           FNow (133211@1)my credit card's ringing up at thirty percent 
          Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)   FThere's (133211@1)a man in India wondering where the money went 
    C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     FBut (133211@1)I can't pay

C (x32010@1)               AmSo (x02210@1)I sat on my roof In Lake Pontchartrain 
        F (133211@1)                       CSinging (x32010@1)woe to my chimney Singing woe to the rain
  C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)A stranger came by I never caught his name 
   F (133211@1)                         GHe (320003@1)said he's rowing to the Rio Grande

Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)        FAir (133211@1)Force One a blue streak in the sky
    Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)                   
Mr. President, You can't afford to lie
      C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)Cause I can't afford to pay

C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)     
Hurricane Angel I'm lifting my eyes over Baton Rouge 
C (x32010@1)                       AmLift (x02210@1)up your wings let me hear your voice singing 
        F (133211@1)                       GCan (320003@1)you turn these black skies to blue again?

Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)        FI'm (133211@1)laying on the floor of a trailer at night 
     Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)      Fwith (133211@1)sixteen refugees waiting on daylight 
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     FI (133211@1)can't pay

C (x32010@1)                AmI (x02210@1)caught a flatbed ford up to Baton Rouge 
          F (133211@1)                     Cwith (x32010@1)four worn out souls and one corkscrew
        C (x32010@1)                       Am (x02210@1)You can drown New Orleans but you can't drown the blues
   F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)  
so bartender pour away

Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)        FExxon's (133211@1)having one hell of a year
Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)                Fthree (133211@1)bucks a gallon man they're making it clear 
     C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     Fthat (133211@1)I can't pay.

Middle: C Am F C, C Am F G, Am C F C, Am C F C G

C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)   AmLord, (x02210@1)Lord, Lord
           F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)We haven't spoken in many a day 
  C (x32010@1)                   AmI (x02210@1)got myself in trouble down in the Ninth Ward 
        F (133211@1)                    Gthought (320003@1)I'd send a prayer your way

Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)          FOn (133211@1)my windowsill's A stack of insurance bills 
Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)      FA (133211@1)man in Delaware says I can't have the pills 
C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)   Funtil (133211@1)I can pay

C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)     
Hurricane Angel I'm lifting my eyes over Baton Rouge 
C (x32010@1)                       AmLift (x02210@1)up your wings let me hear your voice singing 
        F (133211@1)                       GCan (320003@1)you turn these black skies to blue again?

Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)        FI'm (133211@1)laying on the floor of a trailer at night 
     Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)      Fwith (133211@1)sixteen refugees waiting on daylight 
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     FI (133211@1)can't pay

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)    FSomebody (133211@1)should pay

C (x32010@1)            AmOn (x02210@1)the day the levee broke 
    F (133211@1)                    CThe (x32010@1)water did rise and the flowers did choke 
  C (x32010@1)                    AmI (x02210@1)sat in my living room, took one last toke 
      F (133211@1)                  Cand (x32010@1)I watched it all drift away
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