Hurricane Chords by Levon Helm

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_ 30 miles out in [C] the Gulf Stream [D] I can hear them [A] south winds moan
The bridges are low and [Am] low _ [D] A shrimp boat's a [A] hurryin' _ home
The old man down in [Am] the corner _
_ [D] Slowly turned [A] his head _
He took another sip [Am] from his whiskey bottle [D] And looked at me and [A] he said
_ _ Said I was born in the rain [C] by the _ Pontchartrain [D] Underneath the Louisiana [A] _ moon
I don't mind the strain [C] of a hurricane [D] They come around [E] every June
_ [A] I've _ [C] got a devil's daughter [D] She's hot and she's cold and [Am] she's mean
_ _ [A] But nobody's taught her [G] that it takes a lot of water [D] To wash away New [A] Orleans
_ _ _ Man _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ come down [Am] from Chicago _ [D] Gonna sit that levee [A] right _
It's gotta be up [Am] about three feet higher [D] Won't make it through the end of [A] the night _
The old man down in [Am] the corner _ [D] Said don't you listen to [A] that boy _
Don't wanna be down [Am] by morning sun And [D] he'll be back on his way to Illinois
[Am]
Said _ _ I [A] was born in the rain [C] by the _ Pontchartrain [D] Underneath the Louisiana [A] moon
_ I don't mind the strain [C] of a hurricane [D] They come around every [E] _ June
_ [A] I've got a _ [C] devil's daughter [D] She's hot and she's cold and [A] she's mean
_ But nobody's taught her [G] that it takes a lot of water [D] To wash away New [A] Orleans
_ _ _ Thirty _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [A] _ miles out in [Am] the Gulf Stream [D] I can hear them south [A] winds home
The bridges are looking [Am] down lower _ [D] The shrimp boats are [A] hurrying home
The old man down in the corner _
_ [D] Slowly turned his [A] _
head
He took another sip [Am] from his whiskey bottle [D] Looked at me [A] and he said _
_ He said I was born in the rain [C] by the _ Pontchartrain [D] Underneath the Louisiana [A] moon
I don't mind the [C] strain of a hurricane [D] They come around [E] every June
[A] I've got a _ [C] _ devil's daughter [D] She's hot and she's cold and [A] she's mean
_ But nobody's taught [G] her that it takes a lot of water [D] To wash away New [Am] _ Orleans
_ I _ [A] was born in the rain [C] by the _ Pontchartrain [D] Underneath the Louisiana [A] moon
I don't mind the strain [C] of a hurricane [D] They come around every [E] June
All [A] this hot black water [C] A devil's daughter _ [D] Hot and it's cold and [A] it's mean _
_ But nobody's taught her [G] that it takes a lot of water [D] To wash away New [A] Orleans _ _
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