Flood Of '93 chords by David Olney

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Verse 1
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E 
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E 
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It was
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a shock when you walked in
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It's been a while,
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E 
so tell me how you've been
Am 
Gee, you're looking swell
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I know I look like hell
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E 
Am 
this life has got the best of me
E 
Am 
when Margie left
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I hit the skids she cleaned me
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E 
out the house the car the kids
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I took it pretty rough as
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if that weren't
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Then came the flood of 93
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St. Louis
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blowin' and gettin' blue
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Don't anybody here know
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how to dance?
D 
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My tears have overflowed this river
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Gm 
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I should have flown this town
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when I had my chance
E 
Am 
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This thought keeps running
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through my  mind
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I might have been with
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you for all this time
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The years they come and go,
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I   guess I'll never know
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How it might have been
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with you and me
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Dm 
I think we could have had some fun
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And gone out dancing
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when the day was done
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We could have cut a rug
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and done the jitterbug
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right through the flood of 93
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St. Louis blew and it blew us
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Don't anybody here know
how to dance?
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Verse 2

My tears have overflowed this river,

Mississippi

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Verse 3

I should have blown this town

when I had my chance

Verse 4

The moment came,

the moment passed

Verse 5

You never answered,

I never asked

Verse 6
Am 
Married Marge and went to hell,
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but, gee, you're lookin' swell,
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E 
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life's a mystery to me
Am 
Dm 
Before you turn and walk away,
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how about a drink for bygone days?
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Dm 
I'll have my usual,
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here's to Stan Museum,
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here's to the flood of 93 St.
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Louis blowin' gettin' bluer
Won't anybody here
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D 
know how to dance?
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My life went south into the sewer
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But can a fella get another chance
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St. Louis blue and gettin' bluer  you