Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse]

^GWhat has happened dow^D/F#n here is ^Emthe winds^Em7 have changed ^Am7Clouds roll in from th^Ce north and^C it sta^Grt to rain ^GRained rea^D/F#l hard ^Emand rained for a real^Em7 long time C D CG Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

[Verse]

^GThe river rose al^D/F#l day, ^Emthe river ros^Em7e all night ^CSome people go^Dt lost in the flood ^CSome people got away^G alright ^GThe river have buste^D/F#d throu^Emgh, clear down to P^Em7laque mines ^CSix feet of water in th^De streets of Evangel^Cin^Ge

[Chorus]

^GLouisiana,^D/F# Louisia^Emna ^Em7 They're tyrin' to ^Cwash us away They're tryin' to ^Cwash us ^Gaway

[Verse] President Coolidge came 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 [Chorus]

^GLouisiana,^D/F# Louisia^Emna ^Em7 They're tyrin' to ^Cwash us away They're tryin' to ^Cwash us ^Gaway They're tyrin' to ^Cwash us away They're tryin' to ^Cwash us ^Gaway

Aaron Neville - Louisiana 1927