{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1854983,"song":"Lee County Flood","artist":"William Elliott Whitmore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11411812-lee-county-flood-chords-by-william-elliott-whitmore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1854983?type=chord","rating":0.01657,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe summer wind is blowing westward[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nover the field of fresh mowed hay[/tab]\r\n\r\nLet's go up to the barn loft\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlay back and watch the sparrows play[/tab]\r\n\r\nI can see the evening sky\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfrom the holes rusted in the tin[/tab]\r\n\r\nLet's close our eyes and fall asleep\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand listen to the storm roll in[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt sounded like a thousand horses' hooves[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe sound of the pourin' rain on the old tin roof[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe clouds were as black as the smoke from the stack[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof an old coal-burning train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLay back and listen to the sound of the pourin' rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt ain't rained in weeks [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand now it just won't stop[/tab]\r\n\r\nAll the rivers and the creeks\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nare getting fuller with every drop[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf the levee holds it's ground\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand keeps that water back[/tab]\r\n\r\nthe Mississippi won't reach my \r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlittle tar-paper shack[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt sounded like a thousand horses' hooves[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe sound of the pourin' rain on the old tin roof[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe clouds were as black as the smoke from the stack[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof an old coal-burning train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLay back and listen to the sound of the pourin' rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell now the sun shines on the roof[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the moonshine is in the cellar\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand what a happy fella I am[/tab]\r\n\r\nto finally see the sun now that the rain is done\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'cause I've had about all I can stand[/tab]\r\n\r\nI can't tell where my pond begins\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nan where my cornfield ends[/tab]\r\n \r\nThe cattle done floated away\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'cause the water's up over the fence [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt sounded like a thousand horses' hooves[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe sound of the pourin' rain on the old tin roof[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe clouds were as black as the smoke from the stack[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof an old coal-burning train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLay back and listen to the sound of the pourin' rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLay back and listen to the sound of the pourin' rain[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\nLet's go up to the barn loft\n\n\nI can see the evening sky\n\n\nLet's close our eyes and fall asleep\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\nAll the rivers and the creeks\n\n\nIf the levee holds it's ground\n\n\nthe Mississippi won't reach my \n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nand the moonshine is in the cellar\n\n\nto finally see the sun now that the rain is done\n\n\nI can't tell where my pond begins\n\n \nThe cattle done floated away\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}