Southern flood blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][D][Am]
Early one morn[A]ing,

[Verse 1]
wa[Am]ter was coming in [A]my door
[D]Early one morning water[Dm]
was coming in [Am]my door
It was [Em]the
Ohio
River [D]telling [F#dim]us to get ready
[F]Tellin' us [D]to get ready to [Am]go[A]
[Am]It was dark and it was rainin'
You could hear that howlin' wind
Yes, it [D]was dark and it was rainin'
You could hear [F]that [Am]howlin' wind
If [Em]I get away, this time goes,
[D]I w[F#dim]ill never[F] come back , I c[F#dim]an't give u[F]p.[Am][A][Am]
As my baby was crying,
we didn't have a thing to eat.
Water had come and washed
everything I had down the street.
It [D]was early one morning,
water was coming in my [Am]door
It was the
[Em]Ohio
[D]River, [F#dim]telling us t[F]o get ready,
[F#dim]telling us to get ready to go[Am][A][Am][D]
[Dm][Am]
[Em][Am][Dm][Am][D][Am]
Lord, I was crying for mercy
But there were no boats around
Lord, I was [D]cryin' for mercy
But there were no boats
[Am]around[A][Am][A]
[Am]Yes, [Em]it looks like people
[Am]Are [F#dim]gonna stay right here
Gonna [F]stay [F#dim]right here and[Am] drow[A]n
[Am]Then my house started shaking,
floating on down the stream
In the [Adim]dark at mid[Am]night people
began to holler and scream
It [D]was [Dm]early one morn[D]ing,
wa[Dm]ter was coming i[F]n my d[Am]oor
It [Em]was the
Ohio
River [D]telling [F]us to get rea[F#dim]dy
Tellin' us [F]to get ready to [Am]go[A][Am][A][D]
[Am][A]
[Em]
[D][F#dim]
[D][F#dim][Am][D][Am][A]
[Am][A]
[Am][A][Am][A][Am]
[A]
Thank you [A]for[A]
you