The Levee's Gonna Break chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(E minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
If it (G major) keep on rainin',
the levee gonna break
If it (C major) keep on rainin',
the levee gonna break (G major)
Every (D major) body saying this is a day only
the Lord could (G major) make (C major) (G major) (C major)
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Verse 2
Well, I (G major) worked on the levee, mama,
both night (E minor) and day (G major)
I worked (C major) on the levee,
mama, both night and day (G major)
I (D major) got to the river and I threw
my clothes away
(G major)
Verse 3
I paid my time and now
I'm good as new,
I paid (C major) my time (F major) (C major) and now
I'm as good as new (G major)
They (D major) can't take me back
unless I want 'em to
(G major)
Verse 4
If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break
(C major) If it keep on rainin',
the levee gonna break (G major) (E minor)
Some (D major) of these people gonna strip you of
Interlude 1
all they can take
(G major) (C major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
(G major) I can't
Verse 5
stop here I ain't ready to unload
I (C major) can't stop here I ain't
ready to unload (G major)
Riches and sal (D major) vation can be waiting
behind the next bend in the road
(G major)
Verse 6
I picked you up from the gutter
and this is the thanks I get
I picked you (C major) up from the gutter
and this is the thanks I (G major) get
You say you (D major) want me to quit ya,
I told ya, 'No, not just (G major) (C major) yet'
Verse 7
Well, I look (G major) in your eyes,
I see nobody other than me
I (C major) look in your eyes,
I see nobody other than me (G major)
I see all (D major) that I am and all I hope to be
(G major)
Verse 8
If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break
If it (C major) keep on rainin',
the levee gonna break (G major)
Some (D major) of these people don't know which road
Interlude 2
to take
(G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 9
When I'm (G major) with you,
I forget I was ever (E minor) (G major) blue
When I'm (C major) with you,
I forget I was ever blue (G major)
Without (C major) you (D major) there's no meaning
in anything I do
(G major)
Verse 10
Some people on the road carryin'
everything (E minor) that they (G major) own
Some (C major) people on the road carryin'
everything they own (G major)
Some (D major) people got barely enough
skin to cover their bones
(G major)
Verse 11
Put on your cat clothes, mama,
put on your evening dress
Put (C major) on your cat clothes, mama,
put on your evening dress (G major)
Few more years of (D major) hard work,
then there'll be a thousand years of happiness
(G major)
Verse 12
(E minor)
(G major) If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break
If it (C major) keep on rainin',
the levee gonna break (G major)
I tried to (D major) get you to love me,
Interlude 3
but I won't repeat that mistake
(G major) (C major) (G major) (G minor) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 13
If it keep (G major) on rainin', the levee gonna break
If it (C major) keep on (F major) (C major) rainin',
the levee gonna break (G major)
Plenty (D major) of cheap stuff out there
and still around that (G major) you take
Verse 14
I woke (G major) up this morning,
butter and eggs in my bed
(C major) I woke up this morning,
butter and eggs in my bed (G major)
I ain't (D major) got enough room to
even raise my (G major) head
Verse 15
(G major) Come back, baby,
say we never more will part
(F major) Come back, baby,
say (C major) we never more will part (G major)
Don't (D major) be a stranger (G major)
(D major) (G major) with no (D major) brain or (G major) heart
Verse 16
If it (G major) keep on rainin', the levee gonna break
If it (C major) keep on rainin',
the levee gonna break (G major)
Some (D major) people still sleepin',
Outro 1
some people are wide awake
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
The Levee's Gonna Break
Bob Dylan
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