Time: 4/4
Key: Bb Major and G Minor
Capo: 3 fret
Intro (guitar):
G5 Eaug A5 D5 Bb5 B5
E5
E5 A5
Blood and water bound to overflow
E5 E5 E5 E5
Blood and water bound to overflow
G5
Well there?s no more high water
A9F#5 B5 E5 E5 D5
But the Old Man?s just waiting, I know
G5
He was sent up on the levee
B5
Now they?ve gone up country
C5
They won?t do nothing for you now
G5
And don?t go asking me
A5 B5 E5 D5
They?ve gone it?s all over here
G5
Sometimes I?d see her passing
B5
With the evening coming on
C5 C#?7
I?ve seen you on her pathway
G5
I?ve seen you at dawn
B5 C5
Look over yonder at that empty shack
C#dim7
You know as well as I do
They ain?t coming back
G5 Eaug A5 D5 G5 B5
They?re gone it?s all over here
E5
A5
Blood and water bound to overflow
E5
Blood and water bound to overflow
G5
Well there?s no more high water
A9F#5 B5 E5 B5
But the Old Man?s just waiting, I know
E5 % % %
A5 % E5 %
G5 A9F#5 B5 E5 D5
G5
So many promises
B5
We broke them , every one
C5
Kept people on the levees
G5
Withsherrifs and shotguns
A5 B5 E5 D5
They?re gone it?s all over here
G5
B5 C5
Look over yonder at that empty shack
You know as well as I do
C#dim7
They ain?t coming back
G5 Eaug A5 D5 G5 B5
They?re gone it?s all over here
E5
A5
Blood and water bound to overflow
E5
Blood and water bound to overflow
G5 A9F#5 B5
Well there?s no more high water
E5 A5
No more high water
G5
Well there?s no more high water
A9F#5 B5 E5 B5
But the Old Man?s just waiting, I know
E5 % % %
A5 % E5 %
G5 A9F#5 B5 E5 B5