Louisiana 1927

G Bm7 Em7 What has happened down here is the wind has changed *Em7 LINK A7 C/D C/G G C G/D Clouds rolled in from the north and it starts to rain G Bm7 Em7 It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time *Em7 LINK A7 C/D G C G/B C C/D Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline G Bm7 Em7 The river rose all day the river rose all night *Em7 LINK A7 C/D C/G G C G/D Some people got lost in the flood some people got away all right G Bm7 Em7 The river had busted through clear down to Plaquemine *Em7 LINK A7 C/D G C G/B C C/D G ] Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline Loui-- siana C G/B C C/D G Bm7/F# B7/F# Em G7/D Loui----siana, Loui---siana C(add9 C/D C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away C C/D G Bm7/F# B7/F# Em G7/D Loui----siana, Loui---siana C(add9 C/D C/E G/D C C/B C/A They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away G Bm7 Em7 President Coolidge came down in a railroad train *Em7 LINK A7 C/D C/G G C G/D With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand G Bm7 Em7 President say: "Little fat man isn't it a shame, *Em7 LINK A7 C/D G C G/B C C/D G What the river has done to this poor crackers' land?" Loui-- siana (+ coda variation) C G/B C C/D G Bm7/F# B7/F# Em G7/D Loui----siana, Loui---siana C(add9 C/D C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away C C/D G Bm7/F# B7/F# Em G7/D Louisiana, Louisiana C(add9 C/D C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away C G/B A7 C/D C/G G They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away