When The Levee Breaks

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When The Levee Breaks chords (for acoustic guitar; an oxymoron?)
Led Zeppelin 1970 (Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie 1929)
Arguably, one of the finest recordings ever mixing the blues with heavy metal rock.
About the great Mississippi flood of 1927. Very hard to accurately duplicate because of the
heavy amount of studio recording, echo harmonica & special effects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks
E7* = G string 1st fret + A string 2nd fret (2 finger E7 chord)
E7** = E chord + B string 3rd fret (4 finger E7 chord)
E chord
Repeatedly strum E7*/E/E7**/E7* Play around with different combinations for the best
effect, deemphasizing the high E string and emphasizing the low E string
Capo I
E7 EE7 E7
* ** * 18x
C D
E7 E
* \ 4x
C D
E7 E
* \ 4x
E7 E E7 E
* **
If it keeps on raining, levee's goin' to break, 2x
E7 E E7 E
* **
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.
E7EE7 E7
* ** * 2x
E7 E E7 E
* **
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, 2x
E7 E E7 E
* **
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
E7E E7E E7E
* * *
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.
C D
E7 E
* \ 4x
C D
E7 E
* \ 4x
E7E E7B E7ADE
* * *
E7 E
*
Don't it make you feel bad
B
When you're trying to find your way home,
A D E
You don't know which way to go?
E7 E
*
If you're goin' down South
B
They got no work to do,
A D E
If you don't know about Chicago.
E7E E7B E7ADE
* * * 2x
E7EE7 E7
* ** * 14x
C D
E7 E
* \ 4x
C D
E7 E
* \ 4x
E7 E E7 E
* **
Cryin' won't help you, praying won't do you no good,
E7 E E7 E
* **
Now, cryin' won't help you, praying won't do you no good,
E7 E E7 E
* **
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.
E7EE7 E7
* ** * 2x
E7 E E7 E
* **
All last night sat on the levee and moaned, 2x
E7 E E7 E
* **
Thinking about me baby and my happy home.
C D
E7 E
* \ 4x
C D
E7 E
* \ 4x
E7E E7B E7ADE
* * * 2x
E7E E7B E7A DE
* * * 2x
Ah ha ah ha ah ha ha ha
E7E E7B E7ADE
* * *
E7EE7 E7
* ** * 2x
Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... sorry but I can't take you...
E7 E E7 E7 E
* ** *
Going down... going down now... going down....
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When The Levee Breaks chords (for acoustic guitar; an oxymoron?)
Led Zeppelin 1970 (Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie 1929)
Arguably, one of the finest recordings ever mixing the blues with heavy metal rock. 
About the great Mississippi flood of 1927. Very hard to accurately duplicate because of the 
heavy amount of studio recording, echo harmonica & special effects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks
E7* = G string 1st fret + A string 2nd fret (2 finger E7 chord)
E7** = E chord + B string 3rd fret (4 finger E7 chord)
E chord
Repeatedly strum E7*/E/E7**/E7* Play around with different combinations for the best 
effect, deemphasizing the high E string and emphasizing the low E string
Capo I
E7 * E E7 ** E7 * 18x
C D
E7 * \ E 4x
C D
E7 * \ E 4x
E7* E E7** E7*  2x
C D
E7 * \ E 4x
C D
E7 * \ E 4x
E7* E  E7* B  E7* A D E
E7* E  E7* B  E7* A D E 2x
E7* E E7** E7*  14x
C D
E7 * \ E 4x
C D
E7 * \ E 4x
E7* E E7** E7* 2x
C D
E7 * \ E 4x
C D
E7 * \ E 4x
E7* E  E7* B  E7* A D E 2x
E7* E  E7* B  E7* A D E
E7* E E7** E7* 2x
Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... sorry but I can't take you...
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