Louisana 1927(Chords)

	        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