Chords for Charlie Patton High Water Everywhere, Pt 1

_ _ _ _ _ The [Bm]
backwater done rolled down [B] the road,
Showed [C#] me down the [B] line. _ _ _ _
_ Backwater [E] done rolled down the road,
Showed Charlie down [B] the line. _ _ _
_ _ And I tell the world of what I've done,
Done through this town. _ _
_ Lord, the whole _ country's lost,
With my hands over my throat. _ _ _
_ _ [E] Lord, the whole world's fighting, _
Man, it's [B] overblown.
You know, I can't stay here,
I'm going to go watch Hollywood.
_ _ I was [C#] born to run the [B] country,
But they got me bummed.
_ _ _ Now, Louie, I'm not leaving,
_ The river's rising high.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Louie, I'm not leaving,
The river's rising high.
Boy, it's rising over there, [B] yeah.
_ _ [C#] I'm going to move over the green [B] line,
Before I say goodbye.
_ _ _ Louie, I want to down the road,
There's a road, road road everywhere. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] The water's deep and clear,
Snowing down [B] the road everywhere.
Boy, you can't do this to me, y'all.
_ _ I would [C#] go down the [B] road,
Tell _ me it's water down.
_ _ _ There's no water down, my man.
Don't talk, cause it's down. _
_ _ _ _ Well, now [E] tell me the water,
_ Don't talk, cause it's down.
Boy, I'm going to Vicksburg.
_ Well, I'm going [C#] to [B] Vicksburg,
For a high of mine.
_ _ _ I am going out to water,
While it don't ever flow. _ _ _
_ Well, [E] I'm going on a hill,
While water, oh, don't ever flow.
Boy, Charlotte County, there's still a down in this school.
[B] _ _ _ _
[C#] Farlow County, one is [B] down,
Over in Tallahatchie.
_ Boy, I went to Tallahatchie,
They brought it over there.
Lord, the water's so shallow,
That old Jack's dumb rope.
_ _ _ _ Lord, [E] the water's unreadable,
_ Old Jack's dumb rope.
Boy, it's got my [B] cloth.
_ _ [F#] I'm going back to the hill [B] country,
Where I won't be wet no more.
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _