Down In The Flood

Crash on the levee mama         *) |-3---33333-3-----|                    *)               |-0---11111-0-----| water’s gonna overflow             |-0---00000-0-----| x2                                   |-0---22222-2-----| swamp’s gonna rise                 |-2---------------|                    *)              |-3---33333-3-----| no boat’s gonna row.             **) Now you can train on down       **) This passage consists of a rather un-                                     systematic alternation between the to William’s point                 chords xx3x3x and xx2x2x something like: you can bust your feet                                     |-----------------|-----------------| you can rock this joint.            |---3---3-------2-|---3---3---3---2-|                                    |-----------------|-----------------| But oh mama you gonna              |-3---3-------2---|-3---3---3---2---|                              *)    |-----------------|-----------------| miss your best friend now.          |-----------------|-----------------| You gonna have to find yourself                         *) another best friend somehow. Now don’t you try and move me you’re just gonna lose. There’s a crash on the levee and mama you been refused. Well it’s sugar for sugar and it’s salt for salt if you go down in the flood it’s gonna be your fault. Oh mama ain’t you gonna miss your best friend now. Yes you gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow. Well that high tide’s rising mama don’t you let me down. Pack up your suitcase mama don’t you make a sound. Now it’s king for king queen for queen it’s gonna be the meanest flood that anybody’s seen. Oh mama ain’t you gonna miss your best friend now. Yes you gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow.