Chords for Martin Simpson - Louisiana 1927

_ _ Totally coincidentally there are a bunch of CDs on sale out there
_ _ with [E] my name on them and they're called prodigal son _ _ _ _ [A] and
It's [E] my latest CD _ and _ I'm very proud of it actually it
Won _ _ _ _ the album of the year at the BBC Folk Awards last year, which is very nice
[B] _ _ [A] [B] But _ [E] _ _
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_ _ _ mostly I'm proud of it because it says what I wanted it to say.
_ I _ _
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[C#m] _ [A] _ _ [B] made my first record
33 years ago in 1975 and I put this song on it and
[A#m] Then [E] _
I went to live in New Orleans _ and I left
_ _ _ mercifully _ _
before Hurricane Katrina
_ _ since _ _ _ _ _ _ when this song _ _ has become
_ the _ _ anthem _ of _ _ the [A#] city of [G#] New Orleans _ _ [C#m] and
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_ _ _ I sincerely believe _
[A] That _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ it's helped a lot of people express their feelings _ _ it's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] on
_ _ It's on [C] prodigal son with with _ [C#m] backing vocals by a young man called Jackson Brown who I think is gonna do pretty [E] good
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] What
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_ _ [G#] has happened [E] down here [C#m] is that the wind has changed
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_ clouds roll in [Em] from the north and
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Start to rain _ _ [E] _
and it rained real hard and it rained [C#m] for a real long time
_ [E] _ [F#] Six feet of water [A] in the streets of [E] _
evangelize
[A] _ [B] The [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] river roars all [E] day and the river [C#m] roars all night
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Some people got lost [E] in the [A] flood
The _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ river [G#] have burst it [E] through [C#m] clear down to black of mine
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Six feet of water in [A] the streets of [E] the lower nine _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C#m] Lose Anna _ _ _ _ [E] they're [F#] trying to wash us away [Em] and that China [A] _ washes
_ _ [E] No, _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [E] is he [C#m] Anna
_ _ _ _ [E] They're [F#] trying to wash us away [A] and that China washes
_ _ Or [E] _ _ _
president [G#] cool.
Did you [E] come down [C#m] here in a railroad train?
_ _ With a little [F#]
fat [A] man with the note
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President [G#] Coolidge, he said little [E] [C#m] fat man
_ Isn't it a [E] shame what [F#] the river have done [A] to this whole [E] crack is lame?
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_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [E] Lose [C#m]
Anna _ _ they're [E] _ [F#] trying to wash us away [A] and that China washes
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_ _ _ [E] The [F#] China _
Washes away [Em] the [A] China washes
_ _ What [E] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G#] has happened down [E] here?
[C#m] Is that the wind is changed?
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_ Wow, it's rolling
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Start _ to rain _ [E] _ _
and it rained [G#] real hard and it [E] rained [C#m] for a real long time
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Six feet of water [A] in the streets [E] of the lower nine _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Lose _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] Anna
_ _ _ _ [E] They're [F#] trying to wash us away
[A] This China _ washes [F#] away No
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_ _ [G#] _ _ [E] Lose the [C#m] Anna
_ _ _ [E] They're trying [F#] to wash us away
[E] That's [A] China _ washes away
Then [F#] shine washes away
[Em] the [A] China washes _
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