Hurricane chords by The Castellows

♫ Intro:

Am C D Am
Am C D Am


♫ Verse:
Am           C
 Thirty miles off the Gulf Stream
  D          Am
I hear the south wind moan
 Am       C
Bridges getting lower
 D          Am
Shrimp boats coming home

    Am          C
But the old man down in the quarter
 D        Am
Slowly turns his head
 Am          C
Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle
   D        Am Am
And this is what he said


♫ Chorus:
    Am           C
I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
   D           Am
Underneath the Louisiana moon
  Am             C
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
  D         E
It comes around every June

   Am          C
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
    D               Am
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
   Am
But nobody taught her
  C            D
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans


♫ Instrumental:
Am C D Am
Am C D Am


♫ Verse:
 Am           C
A man came down from Chicago
      D        Am
He’s gonna set that worthy right
     Am            C
He said, it needs to be at least three feet higher
    D             Am
Or we won’t make it through the night

    Am          C
But the old man down in the quarter
    D            Am
Said, don’t you listen to that boy
   Am           C
The water’ll be down by the morning
       D      Am
And he’ll be back to Illinois


♫ Chorus:
      Am           C
And I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
   D           Am
Underneath the Louisiana moon
  Am             C
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
  D         E
It comes around every June

   Am          C
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
    D               Am
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
   Am
But nobody taught her
  C            D        Am
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans


♫ Instrumental:
Am C D Am
Am C D Am


♫ Verse:
 Am          C
Thirty miles off the Gulf Stream
  D          Am
I hear the south wind moan
 Am       C
Bridges getting lower
 D          Am
Shrimp boats coming home

    Am          C
But the old man down in the quarter
 D        Am
Slowly turns his head
 Am          C
Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle
   D        Am Am
And this is what he said


♫ Chorus:
    Am           C
I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
   D           Am
Underneath the Louisiana moon
  Am             C
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
  D         E
It comes around every June

   Am          C
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
    D               Am
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
   Am
But nobody taught her
  C            D        Am
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans


♫ Chorus:
      Am           C
And I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
   D           Am
Underneath the Louisiana moon
  Am             C
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
  D         E
It comes around every June

   Am          C
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
    D               Am
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
   Am
But nobody's taught her
  C            D        Am
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans


♫ Outro:
 Am
Nobody taught her
  C            D          Am
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans