The Levees Gonna Break

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Play along at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEPbD9dOD8
This is on the 2006 Bob Dylan Album Modern Times. "The Levee's Gonna Break" is based on
"When the Levee Breaks" by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie. It was adapted Led Zeppelin.
Note that the C is played with a G bass and a G top string
G
320001
C
3X2013
D
X00232
[Intro]
G G C G G C G G C G G C G G C G G C
[Verse]
G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G
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C
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G C
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D C G
Everybody saying this is a day only the Lord could make
G
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[Verse]
G
Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day
G
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C
Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day
G C
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D C G
I got to the river and I threw my clothes away
G
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[Verse]
G
I paid my time and now I'm as good as new
G
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C
I paid my time and now I'm as good as new
G C
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D C G
They can't take me back, not unless I want them to
G
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[Verse]
G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G
(Eight beats no lyric)
G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G C
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D C G
Some of these people gonna strip you of all they can take
G
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[Instrumental]
[Verse]
G
I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
G
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C
I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
G C
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D C G
Riches and salvation can be waiting behind the next bend in the road
G
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[Verse]
G
I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
G
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C G
I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
G C
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D C G
You say you want me to quit ya, I told you no, not just yet
G
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[Verse]
G
I look in your eyes, I see nobody else but me
G
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C G
I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me
G C
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D C G
I see all that I am and all I hope to be
G
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[Verse]
G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G
(Eight beats no lyric)
C G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G
(Eight beats no lyric)
D C G
Some of these people don't know which road to take
G
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[Instrumental]
[Verse]
G
When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
G
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C G
When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
G C
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D C G
Without you there's no meaning in anything I do
G
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[Verse]
G
Some people on the road carrying everything that they own
G
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C G
Some people on the road carrying everything that they own
G C
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D C G
Some people got barely enough skin to cover their bones
G
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[Verse]
G
Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress
G
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C G
Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress
G C
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D C G
A few more years of hard work then there'll be a thousand years of happiness
G
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[Instrumental]
[Verse]
G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G
(Eight beats no lyric)
C G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G C
(Eight beats no lyric)
D C G
I tried to get you to love me, but I won't repeat that mistake
G
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[Verse]
G
I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed
G
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C
I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed
G C
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D C G
I ain't got enough room to even raise my head
G
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[Verse]
G
Come back, baby, say we never more will part
G
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C G
Come back, baby, say we never more will part
G C
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D C G
Don't be a stranger without a brain or heart
G
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[Verse]
G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G
(Eight beats no lyric)
C G
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
G C
(Eight beats no lyric)
D C G
Some people still sleepin', some people are wide awake
G
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[Outro]
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G
D D D D D D D D C C C C C C C C
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G

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Play along at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEPbD9dOD8
This is on the 2006 Bob Dylan Album Modern Times. "The Levee's Gonna Break" is based on
"When the Levee Breaks" by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie. It was  adapted Led Zeppelin.
Note that the C is played with a G bass and a G top string
G       320001
C       3X2013
D       X00232
[Intro]
G G C  G G C G G C  G G C G G C  G G C
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
[Outro]
G G G G  G G G G  G G G G  G G G G
G G G G  G G G G  G G G G  G G G G
C C C C  C C C C  C C C C  C C C C
G G G G  G G G G  G G G G  G G G G
D D D D  D D D D  C C C C  C C C C
G G G G  G G G G  G G G G  G G G G

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