Wooh...

G5  C5  F5  C5

G5
A baby's born

C5
The father's gone

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Can't live with what he's done

             G5
You know now mama's torn

    C5
She can't afford

F5            C5
   To raise her son

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

             E5           G5              C5
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

                      G5      C5      F5      C5
But then you get back up

GCFC

            G5
Way down in New Orleans

    C5
The city screams

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    They've gone black and white

             G5
And when the levy's broke

              C5
(Woo hoo) the city float

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    And people lost their lives

              G5
You know they needed aid

     C5
They hoped and prayed

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    But it was just too late
            G5
And now the family's cried

C5
They know inside

F5                             C5
      Doesn't have to be that way

             E5           G5              C5
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

             E5           G5              C5
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

                      G5      C5      F5      C5
But then you get back up

GCFC

             E5           G5              C5
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

             E5           G5              C5
You know the ills of this world they can get you down

                      G5      C5      F5      C5
But then you get back up