Randy Newman

Louisana 1927(Chords)

Randy Newman

Key: G

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	        intro  
G    C  G    D/A  G 
     C  G  A7/E  D7  G 
verse 1  
G        Gadd9/B                                   Em7 
What has happened down here is the winds have changed 
A7            D11                              C/G           G 
Clouds roll in from the north and it starts to rain 
                 Gadd9/B                       Em7 
Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time 
A7                                D11                   G    C    D11 
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline 
 
verse 2  
 
G      Bm7                          Em7 
River rose all day, the river rose all night 
A7                       D11                C/G                            G       C  Dsus4 
Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away all right 
G               Bm7                            Em7 
River had busted through clear down to Plaquemines 
A7                                    D11                 G    C 
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline 
C D11 G D/F# B7/F# Em Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si- a-na G7/D Cadd9 They're trying to wash us away D7sus4 C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away C G/B Am7 G D/F# B7/F# Em Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na G/D Cadd9 They're trying to wash us away D7sus4 C/E G/D C G/B Am7 They're trying to wash us away
verse 3 (chords as in verse 2) President Coolidge come down in a railroad train With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand President say 'Little fat man, isn't it a shame What the river has done to this poor cracker's land?'
C D11 G D/F# B7/F# Em Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na G7/D Cadd9 They're trying to wash us away D7sus4 C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away C G/B Am7 G D/F# B7/F# Em Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na G/D Cadd9 They're trying to wash us away D7sus4 C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away C G/B A7 They're trying to wash us away D11 C/G G They're trying to wash us away
CHORDS E A D G B e A7/E X X 2 2 2 3 Gadd9/B X 2 0 2 0 3 D11 X X 0 2 1 3 C/G 3 X 2 0 1 3 Dsus4 X X 0 2 3 3 D7sus4 X X 0 2 1 3 D/F# 2 X 4 2 3 2 B7/F# 2 X 1 2 0 2 G7/D X X 0 0 0 1 Cadd9 X 3 2 0 3 3 C/E X X 2 0 1 3 G/D X X 0 4 3 3 G/B X 2 0 0 3 3

Written by Randy Newman

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