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
A7 D11 C/G G
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
A7 D11 G C D11
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
