Key: D major•
Verse 1
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3rd day of August
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was his worst one on the line
He could hardly swing his hammer
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while the sun was getting high
He'd get a little water
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but the fever drank his jive
Robert handed him the ladle,
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said, son, you can have some of mine
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we're gonna get to
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There's more to live through
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hurricane
Hard labor at Angola
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is a bad place where to start
From the end of a ball and chain
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you can't get too far
The robber told him
I had to keep the flame
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burnin' in your heart
Old Robert told them, man,
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we're gonna get to
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before we chase down the hurricane
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I'm going
Five July's later said now
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Robert's in this water slow
Need to rest up for the journey
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cause we got a good ways to go
Remember those grandkids
They're gonna greet us at the parish
We're crossin' over on the ferry
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to the parish where the gates are goin'
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we're gonna get to
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Yeah, there's some other bayou
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we're gonna get to
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There's more to live through
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Before we chase down the hurricane
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Before we chase down
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the hurricane
you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A C
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