The Levee's Gonna Break chords by Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(E minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
(G major) If it keep on raining,
the living gonna break
If it (C major) keep on rainin',
the levee gonna break (G major)
Everybody (D major) sayin' this is a day
only the Lord could bear (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) Well, I (G major) worked on the levee,
Mama, both night (E minor) and day (G major)
I (C major) worked 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)
I paid my time, now I'm as good as new
I (C major) paid 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'm one of them two (G major)
If it keep on a -rainin',
the levee gonna break
If (C major) it keep on a -rainin',
the levee gonna break (G major)
(E minor) Some (D major) of these people gonna strip you
of all they can take (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
(G major) I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
I can (C major) 't stop here,
I ain't ready to unload
Riches (G major) and salva (D major) tion
can't be waiting behind
the next bend in the road (G major)
I pick you up from the gutter,
and this is the thanks I get
I pick 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,
yeah, I told you no, not just yet (G major)
Well, (C major) I (G major) look 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)
If it keep on raining,
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 it's a road to take (G major)
(C major)
(G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
When I'm with you,
I forget I was ever (E minor) blue (G major)
When I'm (C major) with you,
I forget I was ever blue (G major)
Without you (C major) (D major) there's no meaning
in anything I do (G major)
Some people on the road
carryin' everything that (E minor) they (G major) own
Some people (C major) on the road
carryin' everything they own (G major)
Some people (D major) got barely enough skin
to cover their bones (G major)
Put on your cat clothes, mama,
put on your evening dress
Put (C major) on your clad clothes
and mama put on your
evening dress (G major)
You're my years of (D major) hard work,
then I'll be a thousand
years of happi (G major) ness
(E minor) If (G major) it keep on raining,
the levee gonna break
If it (C major) keep on raining,
the levee gonna break (G major)
I'll try to (D major) get you to love me,
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) If it keep on raining the levee gonna break
If it (C major) keep on (F major) rain (C major) ing the
levee gonna break (G major)
Plenty (D major) of cheap stuff out there
still around that (G major) you take
I woke up this mornin'
but an egg's in my bed
I (C major) woke up this mornin'
but an egg's in my bed (G major)
I ain't (D major) got enough room
to even raise my head (G major)
Come back baby,
say we'll never move
apart (F major) (C major) (G major)
Don't (D major) be a stranger (G major)
(D major) with (G major) no (D major) brain or (G major) heart
If it keep on rainin' the livin' gonna break
If it (C major) keep on rainin' the
livin' gonna break
(G major) Some people (D major) still sleepin',
some people are
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Outro 1
Wide awake
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
The Levee's Gonna Break
Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler
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