Intro Am Cm Dm Am (2X) Verse 1 Am Cm Dm Am Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream I hear the South wind moan Am Cm Dm Am The bridges getting lower, shrimp boats coming home Am Cm Dm Am The old man down in the Quarter slowly turns his head Am Cm Dm Am Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and this is what he said Chorus Am Cm Dm Am I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain Underneath the Louisiana Moon Am Cm Dm Em I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June Am Cm Dm Am High black water, a devils daughter, shes hard, shes cold, and shes mean Am Gm Dm Am But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans Verse 2 Am Cm Dm Am Man came down from Chicago, he gonna set that levee right Am Cm Dm Am He says It needs to be at least three feet higher, it won't make it through the night. Am Cm Dm Am But the old man down in the Quarter, he said don't you listen to that boy Am Cm Dm Am The water be down by the morning, and he'll be back to Illinois Chorus Am Cm Dm Am I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain Underneath the Louisiana Moon Am Cm Dm Em I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June Am Cm Dm Am High black water, a devils daughter, shes hard, shes cold, and shes mean Am Gm Dm Am But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans [solo] (Chorus) Am Cm Dm Am Am Cm Dm Em Am Cm Dm Am Am Gm Dm Am Verse 3 Am Cm Dm Am Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream I hear the South wind moan Am Cm Dm Am The bridges getting lower, shrimp boats coming home Am Cm Dm Am The old man down in the Quarter slowly turns his head Am Cm Dm Am Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and this is what he said Chorus (repeat 2X) Am Cm Dm Am I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain Underneath the Louisiana Moon Am Cm Dm Em I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June Am Cm Dm Am High black water, a devils daughter, shes hard, shes cold, and shes mean Am Gm Dm Am But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans
