(A) Five Feet High And Rising (B) Come Along And Ride This Train chords by 
Johnny Cash 
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Key: A major
Verse 1
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C
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Come along and ride this train.
prairies, reservations,
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Come along and ride this train.
Arkansas.
the Mississippi River?
It's built to hold back the
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floodwaters of Oman River
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when it gets on a rampage.
like that winter night
when I was a little bitty boy.
and all the old folks kept saying,
if the rain keeps falling,
it's gonna bust that levee
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and it's gonna come right
over our land.
Now where was that little boy
that stuck his finger in the
needed him, right?
the levee broke and the water covered the
black land of Mississippi County Arkansas
and come right up to our doorstep
heard my daddy say,
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how high is the water mama?
Two feet high and rising.
How high is the water papa?
She said it's two feet high and rising.
We can make it to the road
in a homemade boat.
got left to the float.
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Bb
two feet high and rising.
How high is the water, Mama?
Three feet high and rising.
How high is the water, Papa?
She said it's three feet high and rising.
Well, the hives are gone, I lost my bees,
the willow trees,
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three feet high and rising.
How high's the water, mama?
Four feet high and rising
How high's the water, papa?
She said it's four feet high and rising
Hey, come look through the window pane
gonna take us to the train
with a little more rain
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Four feet high and rising
How high's the water, mama?
Five feet high and rising
How high's the water, Papa?
She said it's five feet high and rising.
Well, the rails have washed out
north of town.
water goes down.
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Well, it's five feet high and rising.
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