Flood Water Blues

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 It's been snowin' forty days and 
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nights, lakes and rivers begin to 
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freeze.
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 It's been snowin' forty days and 
nights, rivers and lakes begin to 
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freeze.
D7                        
 Some places through my old 
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hometown, water‘s up above my knees.


[Verse 2]
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 Storm begin risin', and the sun 
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begin sinking down.
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 Storm begin risin', the sun begin
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 sinking down.
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 I says, "Mother and Dad, pack 
your trunk. We ain't safe here in 
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this town.


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[Verse 3]
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When it lightnin' my mind gets 
frightened, my nerves begin 
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weakenin' down.
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When it lightnin' my mind gets 
frightened, my nerves begin 
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weakenin' down.
D7                                
And the shack where we was livin' 
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begin movin' ‘round.


[Verse 4]
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 Women and children were 
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screamin', sayin', "Mama why must we
 go?"
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 Women and children were 
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screamin', sayin', "Lord, where must
 we go?"
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 "The floodwater have broke the 
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levees and we ain't safe here no 
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more."


[Verse 5]
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 And begin cloud as dark as 
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midnight, keep raining all the time.
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 I say, "Oh, I wonder why the sun 
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don't ever shine?"
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 And the way it keeps rainin' 
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it's drivin' me out my mind.