Louisiana 1927 chords by Aaron Neville

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
G          D/F#   Em    Em7
What has happened down here is the winds have changed
Am7          C     C   G
Clouds roll in from the north and it start to rain
G     D/F#  Em          Em7
Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
C           D         CG
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline


Verse:
G        D/F#  Em      Em7
The river rose all day, the river rose all night
C       D
Some people got lost in the flood
C          G
Some people got away alright
G          D/F#  Em         Em7
The river have busted through, clear down to Plaque mines
C           D          C G
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

Chorus:
G     D/F#  Em Em7
Louisiana, Louisiana
         C
They're tyrin' to wash us away
         C    G
They're tryin' to wash us away


Verse:
President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand
President say "little fat man, isn't it a shame?"
What the river has done to this poor cracker's land


Chorus:
G     D/F#  Em Em7
Louisiana, Louisiana
         C
They're tyrin' to wash us away
         C    G
They're tryin' to wash us away
         C
They're tyrin' to wash us away
         C    G
They're tryin' to wash us away