WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS Guitar Tab


Tuned to: EACFAC
     
    Main Riff:(with slide)
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F-|-----3\0-0-0-0--0-0---3\0-0--3\0-0-5-5------------------------------------|
C-|-----3\0-0-0-0--0-0---3\0-0--3\0-0-5-5------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                             
A     Em
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break;
A     Em
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break.
A        Em
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.

A   Em   A

Em                                          A
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan;
Em                                          A
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan.
Em
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home.
                   A
Ah, well, oh well, oh well.
     
C-|---8-8-8-8--8-8--8/10-10-10-10------3----0------3----0-----||
A-|---8-8-8-8--8-8--8/10-10-10-10------3----3------3----3-----||
F-|---8-8-8-8--8-8--8/10-10-10-10----5-3--5-0----5-3--5-0-----||
C-|---8-8-8-8--8-8--8/10-10-10-10----5----5-0----5----5-0-----||
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------||


C-|-----12-12-------7-7-------5-5-7-10-12-------||
A-|-----12-12-------7-7-------5-5-7-10-12-------||
F-|--0--12-12----0--7-7----0--5-5-7-10-12-------||
C-|--0--12-12----0--7-7----0--5-5-7-10-12-------||
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         E                                B
Don't it make you feel bad when you're tryin' to find your way home,
    A                      B      D   E
You don't know which way to go.
                                     B
If you're goin' down South, they got no work to do, 
       A                B     D   E
If you don't know about Chicago.

             A      Em
Goin',  goin' to Chicago,
                  A   Em
goin' to Chicago,           sorry but I can't take you.  
              A   Em
Going down, going down now,
                                         A
goining down, going down now, going down.

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good;
cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good.
When the Levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

All last night, sat on the levee and moaned;
all last night, sat on the levee and moaned.
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home.