Chords for The Band of Heathens - “Hurricane” (Levon Helm cover) Portland, Oregon 2017.11.15

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_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ 30 miles [C] on Gulf Stream, [D] I can hear the south [E] wind blow.
_ [A] _ _ Bridges getting [C] lower, _ _ [Dm] all the shrimp boats coming [Am] home.
_ _ The old man [C] down in the corner _ _ [D] slowly _ turns his [E] head,
[A] _ _
takes a [C] sip from his whiskey bottle,
[D] and this is what he [Am] says.
I was born in the realm [Cm] of [C] Pontchartrain,
underneath [D] the Louisiana [Am] moon.
[A] _ _
[A] _ Don't mind the strain [C] of a hurricane
_ [D] that come around every [E] June.
_ The [Am] high black water, [C] a devil's order.
[D] She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean.
[G] _ [A] But nobody taught her, [G] it takes a lot of water
[Dm] to wash away you [A] only.
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[Am] And came a guy from Chicago, _ [D] gonna set that lily [Am] right.
He said, need to be at least [C] three feet high
or I [D] won't make it through the [A] night.
But the old man down in [C] the corner _ [D] said,
don't you listen to [Am] that boy. _
_ Water be down [C] by the morning, _ [D] he'll be back to dinner, [Am] _ [E] Lord.
_ _ _ _ [A] I was born in [C] the realm of Pontchartrain,
[D] underneath the Louisiana moon.
_ [A] _ _ Don't mind [C] the strain of a hurricane
[D] that come around [E] every June.
_ [A] The high black water, [C] a devil's order.
[D] She's hard, she's cold, and [Am] she's mean.
_ [A] But nobody taught [G] her, it takes a lot of water
[D] to wash away you [Am] only.
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_ 30 [C] miles on the Gulf Stream, [D] I can hear the south wind [Am] blow. _ _
_ _ [Dm] Bridges getting [D] lower, _ _ all the shrimp boats coming [Am] home. _
[G] The old man down [C] in the corner _
_ [D] _ slowly turned [G] his head.
_ _ Gave himself [C] from his whiskey [Dm] bottle
[D] and he said [Am] what he said.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ I was born in the [B] realm of _ [D] Pontchartrain,
underneath the [A] Louisiana moon. _ _
Don't mind the [F] strain of [Cm] a hurricane
[E] that come around every June.
[A] The high black water, [C] a devil's order.
[D] She's hard, she's cold, and [A] she's mean. _
_ Nobody taught her, [G] it takes a lot of water
[D] to wash away you [Am] only.
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_ _ _ I was [A] born _ in [C] the realm of Pontchartrain,
[D] underneath the Louisiana [A] moon.
[Am] _ _ [A] Don't mind the strain [C] of a hurricane
[D] that come around every [E] June.
_ [A] The high black [C] water, a devil's order.
She's hard, she's cold, and [Am] she's mean.
_ _ _ [A] Nobody taught her, [G] it takes a lot of water
[D] to wash away you only.
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_ _ _ [A] Nobody taught [G] her, it takes a lot [D] of water
to wash away you only. _
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