Hurricane

	  		

Verse: 

A                       C 
Thirty miles out in the Gulf Stream 
        D                     A 
I can hear them South winds moan 
    A                   C 
The bridges are lookin' lower 
D                         A     
Shrimp boats are hurryin' home 

A                       C 
The old man down in the quarter 
D                 A 
Slowly turned his head 
   A                       C 
He took another sip of his whiskey bottle 
   D                       A 
He looked at me and he said 



      A                        C 
I was born in the rain by Lake Ponchartrain 
     D                   A 
Underneath the Louisiana Moon 
      A                          C 
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane 
     D                 E 
They come around every June 
A                   C 
High black water, a devils daughter 
      D                              A 
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean 
    A                           G 
But nobody's taught her that it takes a lot of water 
   D         A   
To wash away New Orleans 



A man came down from Chicago 
Gonna set that levee right 
It's got to be up about three feet higher 
Won't make it through the end of the night 

The old man down in the quarter 
Said don't you listen to that boy 
The water'll down by mornin', son 
And he'll be back on his way to Illinois 

Cause I was born in the rain by the Ponchartrain 
Underneath the Louisiana Moon 
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane 
They come around every June 
High black water's like the devil's daughter 
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean 
But we've finally taught her that it takes a lot of water  
To wash away New Orleans