Chords for Rebekka Bakken - Louisiana 1927

[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ [D] What had happened down [Gm] there was the wind that changed
[C] _ [Eb] Cloud rolled in from the north and it started [Bb] to rain
[Cm] _
[Bb] It [D] rained real hard [Gm] and it rained for a real long time
[C] Six feet of [Eb] water in the streets [Bb] of Evangeline
[Eb] The [Bb] _ [D] river rose [Gm] all day, the river rose all night
[C] Some [Eb] got lost in the flood, [Bb] some got away [Cm] alright
[Bb] The [D] river busted through, [Gm] cleared down the plug of mine _
[C] Six feet of [Eb] water in the streets of _ [Bb] [Eb] Evangeline
[Bb] _
_ _ [Dm] Louisiana, [Bb] Louisiana
_ They're [Eb] trying to wash us [Bb] away, they're [Eb] trying to [Bb] wash us [Cm] away
[Bb]
[Bb] Louisiana, _ [Dm] _ [Gm] Louisiana
_ They're [Eb] trying to wash us away, they're trying to [Bb] wash us [C] away
[Bb]
President _ [D] Coolidge came [Gm] down in a railroad train
[E] With a [C] little fat [Eb] man with his notepad in his hand
[Bb] _ _
_ [Gb] President said, little fat man, [Gm] ain't it a shame _
[C] What the river has [Eb] done to this [Bb] poor cracker's land _ _
Louisiana, [F] _ [Dm] _ [Gm] Louisiana
[C] [Bb] They're [Gm] trying to [Eb] wash us away, they're trying to [Bb] wash us away
[Bb] _
[Bb] Louisiana, [Dm] _ [Bb] _ Louisiana
They're [Eb] trying to wash us away, they're trying to [Bb] wash us [F] away
[Gm] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ Louisiana, _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] Louisiana
_ They're [Eb] trying to wash us [Cm] away, they're trying [Eb] to wash us [Bb] away
[Bb] _
Louisiana, _ _ _ [Gm] Louisiana They're trying [Eb] to wash us [Cm] away
They're trying to wash us [Bb] away [Eb] [C] They're trying to wash us away
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