When The Levee Breaks

 
 
                                                                              
A     Em 
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break; 
A     Em 
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break. 
A        Em 
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay. 
 
A   Em   A 
 
Em                                          A 
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan; 
Em                                          A 
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan. 
Em 
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home. 
                   A 
Ah, well, oh well, oh well. 
      
 
 
         E                                B 
Don't it make you feel bad when you're tryin' to find your way home, 
    A                      B      D   E 
You don't know which way to go. 
                                     B 
If you're goin' down South, they got no work to do,  
       A                B     D   E 
If you don't know about Chicago. 
 
             A      Em 
Goin',  goin' to Chicago, 
                  A   Em 
goin' to Chicago,           sorry but I can't take you.   
              A   Em 
Going down, going down now, 
                                         A 
goining down, going down now, going down. 
 
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good; 
cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good. 
When the Levee breaks, mama, you got to move. 
 
All last night, sat on the levee and moaned; 
all last night, sat on the levee and moaned. 
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home.