Chords for Wasn't That a Mighty Storm

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_ _ _ _ _ _ And wasn't [Dm] that a mighty storm? _ _
Wasn't that a mighty [C] storm [F] in the morning [C] when
Wasn't that a mighty storm _
That blew all the people all away?
[F] You [C] know the year of _ 1900
Sure _ many years [G] ago
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Death come howling [C] down the ocean _
Death calls you got to [F] go _
[C] And [F] Galveston [C] had a _ seawall
To keep the water down
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_ To hide tide [C] from the ocean
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Spread the water over [C] the town
And [Dm] wasn't that a [C] mighty _ storm? _
Wasn't that a mighty [F] storm in the [C] morning when
Wasn't that a mighty _ storm
That blew all the people all [D] away?
You [C] know the trumpets [F] give [C] them warning _ _
You'd better leave this [F] place _
[C] And no [F] one [C] thought of leaving _
Until the death [F] stabbed them in [C] the face
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[C] And the [F] trains they [C] all were loaded _ _
And the people were all in town _
_ Trestle gave [F] way to the water _
_ [C] And the trains they went on down
And wasn't that a mighty storm?
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[C] Wasn't that a mighty storm [F] in the morning when
Wasn't that a mighty [C] storm
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[C] That blew all the people [Am] all away?
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_ Rain it was a-fallin' _
_ [Am] Thunder [C] began to roll _
_ Lightning [F] [C] flashed like [F] hellfire
The wind [C] began to [F] blow
_ [C] Death [F] ruled [C] and mastered
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When the wind began to [C] blow
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_ Rode in on a team of horses
I cried, death won't you let me go
And wasn't that a [C] mighty storm? _ _ _
Wasn't [F] that a mighty [C] storm in the morning when
Wasn't that [F] a mighty storm _ _
That blew all the people all away?
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And [C] after you [F] spell [C] on the island
And the houses give away
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_ [C] Some they [F] strain [C] and crowned and honey
Some died and rose every _ [F] way
[C] And the sea began [C] to roll
[F] And the ships they could [C] not stand
[D] _
[C] And I [F] heard a captain cryin'
_ God save a drowning [C] man
And [Dm] wasn't that a [C] mighty storm? _ _ _
Wasn't that a [G] mighty storm [D] in the morning when
[C] Wasn't that a mighty storm _ _
That blew all the people all [Am] away?
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_ Well guess [F] your [C] hands are [D] clammin' _
You got them on my [Em] knees
_ [C] You [F] come and took my [C] mother
Won't you come back [Am] after me?
[D] And the blood [F] it took [C] my neighbor
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_ [C] Took [F] my brother [C] too
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[C] I thought [F] I heard [C] my father callin'
And I watched my mother go
And wasn't [F] that a mighty [C] storm?
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Wasn't that a mighty [C] _ [F] storm in the morning [C] when
[F] Wasn't that a [C] mighty storm _
That blew all the people all away?
You know the year of _ 1900 _
Sure many, many years ago _ _
That come out of the ocean _
That caused you got to go
And wasn't that a mighty storm? _ _ _
Wasn't that a mighty [B] storm in the morning when
Wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away? _ _
Wasn't [F] that a mighty [G] _ storm?
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning when
Wasn't that a mighty storm _
That blew all the [F] people all _ _ _ away? _ _ _ _ _
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