Key: E minor
Verse 1
Em
D
The
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G
the storm was coming in.
D
G
Em
Folks were lining out in all directions.
Me and 'Hord' and Henry Short
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G
were pitching on the skiff,
D
Csus2
Trying to make it home be
G
Em
fore the night
Bm
A
And the gray waves were rolling.
Verse 2
Bm
A
Bold the brave, brave ocean and
G
Em
G
roll the suckers in.
A
G
I tend to stick with kin,
G
Em
from the beginning.
Verse 3
A
G
wine wash knotted pine.
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Csus2
Ninety acres 'bur
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Em
rowed' for the cane
Bm
A
He drove it down from Georgia,
Bm
A
His dad a martyred soldier in the
Em
G
Verse 4
A
G
D
G
Lord, bring down the flood.
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G
D
G
Em
Wash away the blood. Drown these everglades,
Bm
Em
and put us in our place.
Bm
C
We laid Edgar Watson in his grave.
We laid him in his grave.
Em
G
Em
Verse 5
D
A
G
why he came ashore,
Bm
Em
on the shoreline.
Kicking holes in ugly mud,
A
G
trigger fingers pinched,
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Csus2
G
Em
Brace your rifles, bristled in the wind.
Bm
A
And we towed his body northbound,
Bm
A
Buried him all face down with
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G
Verse 6
A
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D
C
Lord, bring down down the flood.
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G
D
Wash away the blood.
Em
G
D
Em
Everglades, put us in our place.
Bm
C
We laid Edgar Watson in his grave.
We laid him in his grave.
Outro 1
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