The Flood

Intro 
Am G C F 
Am G C C/B Am 
(walk from C to Am isn't quite C/B but it works too) 

 
Am               G                 C               F 
I inherited this plot of land when Mama's daddy died 
Am                       G                 C                  F 
This little surveyed piece of Earth is where I spent my life 
Am               G                 C             F 
Rainwater is to cornfields like whiskey is to men 
Am                  G                  C                   F 
Just have enough to keep you standing, too much will do you in  

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Am               G                 C               F 
These rainclouds settled in one early Winter night 
Am               G                 C               F 
The grey of Winter dark is choking out all the sunlight 
Am               G                 C               F 
The little sandy river, she's drowning in her tears 
Am               G                 C                       F 
With her she'll take my good dirt, and a hundred head of steer  

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Am               G                 C              F 
The rain keeps on a'falling as I cry out to my lord 
Am                    G                 C                     F 
"Won't you spare this land I've broke my heart and backbone for?" 
Am                          G              C                     F 
Well, he don't give me an answer as the rain keeps coming down 
Am                                    G        C            F 
I'll fight this flood 'til the bitter end or he washes me out  

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Am     G         C          F 
For forty days, forty nights, 
Am                       G         C                    F 
you hear Noah built the ark, And that he rode upon the tide, 
Am               G             C           F 
Lord, I've got no boat, I've run out of time 
Am               G             C              F 
Nothing left to live for, and the last of my kind  

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Am               G                 C              F 
The rain keeps on a'falling as I cry out to my lord 
Am                    G                 C                     F 
"Won't you spare this land I've broke my heart and backbone for?" 
Am                          G              C                     F 
Well, he don't give me an answer as the rain keeps coming down 
Am                                    G        C            F 
I'll fight this flood 'til the bitter end or he washes me out  

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Am                   G                 C                 F 
That muddy water's rising lord, I can barely see the fence 
Am                   G                 C                 F 
Lord, it rolls my way like a slow train, loaded down with death 
Am                   G                 C                 F 
Son, you can have your share, if she leaves anything behind 
Am                   G                 C                 F 
Don't bother dragging the river boys; this note is all you'll find  

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Am               G                 C              F 
The rain keeps on a'falling as I cry out to my lord 
Am                    G                 C                     F 
"Won't you spare this land I've broke my heart and backbone for?" 
Am                          G              C                     F 
Well, he don't give me an answer as the rain keeps coming down 
Am                                    G        C            F 
I'll fight this flood 'til the bitter end or he washes me out