Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Gm
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Verse 1
the living gonna break
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only the Lord could bear
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Well, I worked on the levee,
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Mama, both night and day
I paid my time, now I'm as good as new
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Ab
I paid my time,
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and now I'm as good as new
If it keep on a -rainin',
the levee gonna break
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Some of these people gonna strip you
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F
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Gm
of all they can take
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I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
I ain't ready to unload
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Riches and salvation
can't be waiting behind
I pick you up from the gutter,
and this is the thanks I get
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Well, I look in your eyes,
I see nobody other than me
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I see all that I am and all I hope to be
If it keep on raining,
the levee gonna break
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F
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When I'm with you,
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I forget I was ever blue
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Without you there's no meaning
Some people on the road
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carryin' everything that they own
Put on your cat clothes, mama,
put on your evening dress
and mama put on your
then I'll be a thousand
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If it keep on raining,
the levee gonna break
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but I won't repeat that mistake
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F
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If it keep on raining the levee gonna break
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If it keep on raining the
I woke up this mornin'
but an egg's in my bed
Come back baby,
say we'll never move
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apart
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Don't be a stranger
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with no brain or heart
If it keep on rainin' the livin' gonna break
livin' gonna break
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Some people still sleepin',
some people are
Outro 1
Wide awake
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F
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