The Southern Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G][D][Dm][G][C][F]
[C]Early early one morning,
[F]water was comin' in my [C]door[F][C]
[F]Early one morning,
water was comin' in my [C]door[Am][G][C]
It was [Dm]the o[Gm]ld h[G]igh(?) river,
[Dm]tellin' us to [G]get ready and go
[C][D][F][C]

[Verse 2]
It was dark and it was rainin',
[F]you could hear that howlin' win[C]d[Am][C]
[F]It was dark and it was rainin',
baby you could hear that howlin' [C]wind[Am][G][C]
If [D]I get a[Gm]way t[G]his time,
[D]I will never com[G]e here aga[C]in[Dm][C]

[Verse 3]
Hey my baby was cryin',
[F]I didn't have a thing to e[C]at[Am][C][Am]
[F]Hey hey hey,
I didn't have a thing [C]to eat[G][F][C][Am]
[C]Hey the[D] water had[G] come in,
[Dm]wash everything [G]I had down the [C]street[F][C][Am]

[Verse 4]
[C]I was hollerin' for mercy,
[F]and it weren't no boa[C]ts around[Am][C]
Hey [F]I was hollerin' for mercy,
and it weren't no [C]boats around[Am][C][F][C]
Hey [Dm]that looks like [G]people,
[Dm]I've gotta stay righ[G]t here and drown[C][Am][G][C]
[G]Hey my [C]house [Am]started shaki[C]n',

[Verse 5]
[F]
started floatin' on down the [C]stream[Am][C]
[F]Hey my house started shakin',
went on floatin' on down [C]the stream[G][Am][C]
It was [G]dark as midnight,
people [Dm]began [G]to holler and [C]scream[G][C][G]