Louisiana 1927 Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]What [C]Is Love?[G][A][C][G]
What has happened down here
[Em]is the winds have changed
[A]Clouds rolling from [D]the north
[Dsus4]and it st[C]arted to ra[G]in[C]
[G]It rained real hard
[Bm]and it r[Em]ained for a real long time
[A]Six feet of water in the [Dsus4]streets of Evangeline
[G]The[C] ri[Dsus4]ver rose [G]all day,[Bm]
[Em]the river rose all night.
[A]Some people [D]got lost in the [Dsus4]flood,
[C]some people got[G] away all[C] right.
[G]The river had busted through,
[Bm]oh, clea[Em]red down to like a mine,
[A]six feet of water in the [Dsus4]streets
of a fair [G]July.[C]
[Dsus4]Oh, Louisiana[G],
[B]Lou[Em]isiana[Dsus4],
[G]they're trying [C]to wash us away.
They're trying to [G]wash
[C]us away.[G][F#m]
[B]Louisi[Em]ana, Louisiana,
[D]the[G]y're trying to was[C]h us away,
they're trying to wash [G]us away.
President [Em]Coolidge come [G]down
[Em]in a railroad train
with a [A]little fat man with
[D]a notepad[Dsus4][C][G]
[C]The[G] president say little fat man[Bm],
[Em]isn't it a [Bm]shame
[Em]What the [A]river has done
to this [Dsus4]poor farmer's l[G]and
[Dsus4]Oh, Louis[G]iana,
[F#m]Louisi[B] an[Em]a[Dm]
[G]They're trying to [C]wash us away
They're trying [G]to wash [C]us away
[G]Oh, [F#m]Louisiana[B]
[Em]Loui[Dm]siana
[G]They're trying to [C]wash us away
They're trying [G]to wash [C]us away
They're trying to [A]wash
[Dsus4]us away[C]
They're trying to wash us away