Backwater Blues chords by Don McLean

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Verse 1
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Rain five days
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and the skies turn dark as night
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Rain five days
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and the skies turn dark as night
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Lots of trouble takin' place
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in the lowlands at night
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Well it's thundin' and lightnin'
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and  the winds begin to blow
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Yeah, thunder and lightning
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And the winds begin to blow
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And my house fell down
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And I can't live there
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no more
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Backwater blues have caused me
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To have to pack my things
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and go
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Backwater blues have caused me
To have to pack my things and
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go
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Cause my house fell down
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and I can't live there no more
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What fun and lightning, and the wind
The wind, and the to blow
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Yeah, it thundered and lightened
and the wind, the wind began to blow
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Well, my house fell down
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And I can't  live there no more
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Well they rode little boats
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About five miles across
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the pond
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Yeah, they rode a little boat about
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Five miles across the pond
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I put everything I  had in this
world in there
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And they rode me along
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Backwater blues have caused me
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To have to pack my things
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and go
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Backwater blues have caused me
to have to pack my things
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and go
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Cause my house fell down
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and I can't live in no more
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All right, play that guitar
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Em 
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Yeah, well, it rained five days
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And the skies turned dark as night
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Yeah, well, it rained five days
And the skies,
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skies turned dark as night
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Hey, hey, hey
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Lots of trouble taking place
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In the lowlands at night
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That's why I say
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Backwater blues have caused me
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To have to pack my things and go
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Backwater blues have caused me
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to have to pack my things and go
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Cause my house fell down
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and I can't live there no more
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