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I think the D-Dsus4-D is a personal embellishment. The rest is pretty consistent with the original track. You can listen to the album version at https://www.bandofheathens.com/discography/duende/hurricane-3/ Am x 0 2 2 1 0 C x 3 2 0 1 0 Dadd9add4 x 5 4 0 3 0 - see https://www.cyberfret.com/guitar-chords/one-of-the-cool-chords-dadd9add4/ E 0 2 2 1 0 0 G 3 2 0 0 3 3 *** To help keep time, each bar with no music played is indicated with N.C. for no chord. *** * SINGLE STRUM SECTIONS * Intro, first verse, and first chorus are played one strum per bar only. * Other single strum chords are marked with an * asterisk [Intro] Am C Dadd9add4 Am Am C Dadd9add4 Am [Verse] Am C Dadd9add4 Am Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the south wind moan Am C Dadd9add4 Am The bridge is gettin' lower, the shrimp boats comin' home Am C Dadd9add4 Am The old man down in the Quarter, slowly turns his head Am C Dadd9add4 Am Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and, this is what he said [Chorus] Am C Dadd9add4 Am I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon
I dAmon't mind the strain of a hCurricane, they Dcome around every EJune Am C Dadd9add4 Am The high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean But Amnobody taught her, it Gtakes a lot of water, to Dwash away New OrlAmeans Am
*** Active strumming starts at the Am in "Orleans" above *** [Verse] Am C Dadd9add4 Am Man came down from Chicago, he gonna set that levee right… he says, Am C Dadd9add4 Am It needs to be at least three feet higher, it won't make it through the night Am C Dadd9add4 Am But the old man down in the Quarter, he said don't you listen to that boy Am C Dadd9add4 Am Am The water be down by the mornin', and he'll be back to Illinois [Chorus] Am C Dadd9add4 Am I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon
I dAmon't mind the strain of a hCurricane, they Dcome around every JEune Am C Dadd9add4 Am The high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean But Amnobody taught her, it Gtakes a lot of water, to Dwash away New OrAmleans
[Instrumental] Am C Dadd9add4 Am Am C D Dsus4 D E Am C Dadd9add4 Am Am G D Dsus4 D Am Am Am Am [Verse] Am C Dadd9add4 Am Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the south wind moan Am C Dadd9add4 Am The bridge is gettin' lower, the shrimp boats comin' home Am C Dadd9add4 Am The old man down in the Quarter, slowly turns his head Am C Dadd9add4 Am * N.C. N.C. N.C. Takes a drink from his whiskey bottle and, this is what he said *** Stop strumming at "said" and go a capella until Am at "High black water" *** [Chorus]
I was

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born in the rain on the

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Pontchartrain, under

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neath the Loosiana

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moon I

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don't mind the

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strain of a hurri

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cane, they come around every

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June Am C Dadd9add4 Am High black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean But Amnobody taught her, it Gtakes a lot of water, to Dwash away New OrAmleans Am
[Chorus] Am C Dadd9add4 Am I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon
I dAmon't mind the strain of a hCurricane, they Dcome around every JEune Am C Dadd9add4 Am The high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean But Amnobody taught her, it Gtakes a lot of water, to Dwash away New OrAmleans Am * G * D * Am Am Am Am But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans
[Outro] Am C Dadd9add4 Am Am C D Dsus4 D E Am C Dadd9add4 Am Am G D Dsus4 D Am