The Great Flood chords by Head Of The Herd

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Verse 1
D 
C 
Bb 
A 
G 
The water's
been a -risin'
Bb 
since I've been away
G 
My worry about the tide,
F 
termites to use from days
G 
It's gonna scrub the dirt
Bb 
off everything I   own
G 
I chose to live for money,
F 
now I live alone
D 
You washed away my misery,
C 
washed away my sins
Bb 
A 
Washed away my history,
G 
Bb 
A 
took away my kin
C 
Bb 
A 
G 
Bb 
A 
C 
G 
The wa ter's at the neck high
Bb 
of my lonely little boy
G 
I hope he keeps his grip tight
F 
like I taught him how before
G 
I'm chokin' on the coldness
Bb 
like a wicked working man
G 
The flicker of my oil lamp
F 
is all that guides my hand
D 
As I pick away your sundown,
C 
I swear it was the day
Bb 
A 
I'd run and curse the darkness,
G 
Bb 
my children wash away
A 
C 
Bb 
A 
G 
Bb 
A 
C 
G 
As I taught him how to swing,
Bb 
back when he was five
G 
That grip he's gonna need,
F 
to keep himself alive
G 
I taught him how to swim,
Bb 
he's aiming for the fence
G 
That grip he's gonna need,
F 
to keep him from the edge
D 
The water's been rising,
C 
since I've been away
Gm 
A 
My worry about the tide,
G 
during months to years from days
Bb 
A 
C 
Bb 
A 
G 
Bb 
A 
C 
D 
He's gonna scrub the dirt
C 
off everything I own
Bb 
A 
I chose to live for money
G 
Bb 
but now I live alone
A 
C 
Bb 
A 
G 
Oh, no
Bb 
A 
C 
Oh, no