The Levee's Gonna Break chords by Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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If it keep on raining,
the living gonna break
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If it keep on rainin',
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the levee gonna break
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Everybody sayin' this is a day
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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
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I worked on the levee,
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Mama, both night and day
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I got to the river
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and I threw my clothes away
I paid my time, now I'm as good as new
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I paid my time,
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and now I'm as good as new
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They can't take me back
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unless I'm one of them two
If it keep on a -rainin',
the levee gonna break
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If it keep on a -rainin',
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the levee gonna break
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Some of these people gonna strip you
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of all they can take
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I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
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I can't stop here,
I ain't ready to unload
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Riches and salvation
can't be waiting behind
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the next bend in the road
I pick you up from the gutter,
and this is the thanks I get
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I pick you up from the gutter,
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and this is the thanks I get
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You say you want me to quit,
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yeah, I told you no, not just yet
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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
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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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If it keep on rainin',
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the levee gonna break
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Some of these people
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don't know it's a road to take
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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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Without you there's no meaning
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in anything I do
Some people on the road
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carryin' everything that they own
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Some people on the road
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carryin' everything they own
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Some people got barely enough skin
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to cover their bones
Put on your cat clothes, mama,
put on your evening dress
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Put on your clad clothes
and mama put on your
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evening dress
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You're my years of hard work,
then I'll be a thousand
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years of happiness
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If it keep on raining,
the levee gonna break
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If it keep on raining,
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the levee gonna break
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I'll try to get you to love me,
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but I won't repeat that mistake
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If it keep on raining the levee gonna break
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If it keep on raining the
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levee gonna break
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Plenty of cheap stuff out there
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still around that you take
I woke up this mornin'
but an egg's in my bed
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I woke up this mornin'
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but an egg's in my bed
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I ain't got enough room
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to even raise my head
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
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If it keep on rainin' the
livin' gonna break
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Some people still sleepin',
some people are
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The Levee's Gonna Break
Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler
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