Lonnie Johnson - Flood water blues

^G It's been snowin' forty days and nights,^C7 lakes and rivers begin to ^Gfreeze. ^C7 It's been snowin' forty days and nights, rivers and lakes begin to ^Gfreeze. ^D7 Some places through my old hometown,^C7 water‘s up above my ^Gknees.

^G Storm begin risin', ^C7and the sun begin sinking ^Gdown. ^C7 Storm begin risin', the sun begin sinking ^Gdown. ^D7 I says, "Mother and Dad, ^C7pack your trunk. We ain't safe here in this ^Gtown.

^GWhen it lightnin' my ^C7mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin' ^Gdown. ^C7When it lightnin' my mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin' ^Gdown. ^D7And the shack where we was livin' ^C7begin movin' ‘^Ground.

^G Women and children were ^C7screamin', sayin', "Mama why must we ^Ggo?" ^C7 Women and children were screamin', sayin', "Lord, where must we ^Ggo?" ^D7 "The floodwater have broke the levees ^C7and we ain't safe here no ^Gmore."

^G And begin cloud as dark as ^C7midnight, keep raining all the ^Gtime. ^C7 I say, "Oh, I wonder why the sun don't ever ^Gshine?" ^D7 And the way it keeps rainin' ^C7it's drivin' me out my^G mind.