Rising High Water Blues chords by Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Intro 1
(G major) (C sharpdim) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 1
(G major) Backwater rising, (D major)
(G major)
Southern people (D major) (C major) can't
(G major) make no time.
(C major) Backwater rising, (G major) (C major)
Southern people can't
make no time. (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
And I (D minor) can't get no hear (D major) ing
from that Memphis gal of
mine (G major) (Gdim) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Water all in Arkansas,
people screamin' in Tenness (C major) ee (G major) (C major) (G major)
Water (C major) all in Arkansas,
people screamin' in Tenness (G major) ee (D major) (G major)
(C major) If (D major) I don't leave Mem (A major) phis,
(D major) Blackwater been all over for me (G major) (C major) (G major)
People, since it's rain (D major) in',
(G major) it's been for nights and days
People, (C major) since it's (G major) rainin',
it's (C major) been for nights and days (G major) (D major) (G major)
A (D major) thousand people stand
(D minor) s on the (D major) hill
Lookin' down where they used to stay (G major) (C sharpdim)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major)
Chil (G major) dren stand there screaming,
Mama, we ain't got no home (C sharpdim) (G major)
Children (C major) stand there screaming,
Mama, we ain't got no home (G major)
Papa (D major) says the children of Blackwater
left us all (G major) alone (F sharp major) (A major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) Backwater risin' comin' in my
windows and door
Backwater (C major) risin' comin'
in my windows
and (G major) (D major) (G major) I (C major) leave (D major) with
a prayer in my heart
That water won't (G major) rise no more
Outro 1
(Gdim) (C minor) (G major)
Rising High Water Blues
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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