After The Flood

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[Verse 1]
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My folks own the land round here
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And our big old house now for some 
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fifty odd years
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We'd all seen a few rough days
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But I never dreamed I'd watch it 
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all get swept away


[Verse 2]
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No one knows what causes angry rain
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The water rushed right through this
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 town just like a great big train
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Years of hard work and memories
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Are floatin' down big river on 
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their way out to sea


[Chorus]
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After the flood, after the flood
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The land it washed away, felt like 
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my flesh and blood
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I'd rather be shovelin' through the
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 slush and mud
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Than to leave my home
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Where I grew up
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Life goes on after the flood


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[Verse 3]
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The Clover Inn Bar was hit pretty 
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hard
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The piano's lyin' in the street 
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broken apart
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My favorite old oak tree's rooted up
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But I'll plant myself a new one 
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after the flood


[Chorus]
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After the flood, after the flood
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The land it washed away, felt like 
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my flesh and blood
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I'd rather be shovelin' through the
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 slush and mud
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Than to leave my home
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Where I grew up
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Life goes on after the flood


[Bridge]
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A place to call your very own
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Means so much though it's a little 
soggy
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After all the water's gone
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I'll scrub it clean and make it 
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home again


[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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A natural disaster can't hold 
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nothin' on me
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Their quakin' out west and 
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freezin' back east
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So I think I'll stick around
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And show a little faith in a weary 
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town


[Chorus]
D                G         D
After the flood, after the flood
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The land it washed away, felt like 
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my flesh and blood
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I'd rather be shovelin' through the
  F#m
 slush and mud
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Than to leave my home
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Where I grew up
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Life goes on after the flood
D                G         D
After the flood, after the flood
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The land it washed away, felt like 
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my flesh and blood
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I'd rather be shovelin' through the
  F#m
 slush and mud
                 A   Asus4  A
Than to leave my home
             D
Where I grew up
          A  E         A
Life goes on after the flood