Written by Randy Newman
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 Evangelineverse 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 C G/B Am7 They're trying to wash us awayCHORDS 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 3C 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