Down in the flood (crash on the levee) chords by The Band

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) Crash on the levee,
mama
Water's gonna overflow
F 
Swamps  (F major) gonna rise
And no boats gonna row
C 
 (C major) 

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Verse 2

Now you can train on down

To William's Point

You can bust your feet

You can rock this joint

Verse 3

But mama, ain't you gonna

Miss your best friend now?

Gonna have to find yourself

Another best friend, somehow

Verse 4

Now don't you try and move me

You're just gonna lose

There's a crash on the levee

And mama, you've been refused

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) 
Well, it's sugar for sugar
Salt for salt
If you go down in the flood
It's gonna be your own fault

Verse 6
F 
Oh mama,  (F major) ain't you gonna
C 
Miss your best friend  (C major) now?
G 
Gonna have to  (G major) find yourself
Am 
F 
 (A minor) Another best  (F major) friend,
C 
some (C major) how

Interlude 1

Verse 7

Well, that high tide's risin'

Mama, don't you let me down

Pack up your suitcase

Mama, don't you make a sound

Verse 8
C 
 (C major) 
Now it's king for king
And queen for queen
Gonna be the meanest flood
That anybody's ever seen

Verse 9

Oh mama, ain't you gonna

Miss your best friend now?

You're just gonna have to find yourself

Another best friend, somehow

Outro 1
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