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