When The Levee Breaks (Cifras)

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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. 

      

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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.