High Water For Charley Patton

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HIGHWATER (FOR CHARLEY PATTON)
by Bob Dylan
Released on "Love And Theft"
submitted by Andrea Baroni (baroni_andrea@hotmail.com)
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G F5F#5G C
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e|-------|-------3-/(7)7---|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------|
B|-------|-------3-/(8)8---|*----------------|-3--------------*|----------------|
G|-------|-------4-/(7)7---|-----------------|-4---------------|----------------|
D|-3h0---|-5---------------|-----------------|-5----(3-5)------|----------------|
A|----1b-|-5---------------|*--------3---4---|-5--------------*|----------------|
E|-------|-3---------------|---------1---2---|-3---------------|----------------|
[Verse 1]
G
High water rising, rising night and day
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner looking east and west from the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City, Twelfth Street and Vine
F5 F#5 G
Nothing standing there
F5 F#5 G
High water everywhere
[Verse 2]
G
High water rising, the shacks are sliding down
Folks lose their possessions and folks are leaving town
Bertha Mae she shook it, broke it, and she hung it on the wall
Say: "You dancin' with whom they tell you to, or you don't dance at all"
F5 F#5 G
It's tough out there
F5 F#5 G
High water everywhere
[Verse 3]
G
I got a craving love for blazing speed, got a hopped up Mustang Ford
Jump into the wagon, Love, throw your panties overboard
I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
I'm no pig without a wig I hope you treat me kind
F5 F#5 G
Things are breaking up out there
F5 F#5 G
High water everywhere
[Verse 4]
G
High water rising, six inches 'bove my head
Coffins dropping in the street, like balloons made out of lead
Water poured into Vicksburg, don't know what I'm gonna do
"Don't reach out for me," she said, "Can't you see I'm drowning too"
F5 F#5 G
It's rough out there
F5 F#5 G
High water everywhere
[Verse 5]
G
Well, George Lewes told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew,
"You can't open up your mind, boys, to any conceivable point of view,
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway 5"
Judge says to the High Sheriff, "I want him dead or alive,
F5 F#5 G
Either one, I don't care"
F5 F#5 G
High water everywhere
[Verse 6]
G
Well, the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies
I'm preaching the word of God, I'm putting out your eyes
I asked fat Nancy for something t' eat, she said, "Take it off the shelf
As great as you are, man, you'll never be greater than yourself."
F5 F#5 G
I told her I didn't really care
F5 F#5 G
High water everywhere
[Verse 7]
G
I'm gettin' up in the morning, I believe I'll dust my broom
Keeping away from the women, I'm giving them lots of room
Thunder rollin' over Clarksdale, everything a-lookin' blue
I just can't be happy, love, unless you're happy too
F5 F#5 G
It's bad out there
F5 F#5 G
High water everywhere
[Outro]
G
F5 F#5 G
F5 F#5 G

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HIGHWATER (FOR CHARLEY PATTON)
by Bob Dylan
Released on "Love And Theft"
submitted by Andrea Baroni (baroni_andrea@hotmail.com)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 1]
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner looking east and west from the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City, Twelfth Street and Vine
[Verse 2]
Folks lose their possessions and folks are leaving town
Bertha Mae she shook it, broke it, and she hung it on the wall
Say: "You dancin' with whom they tell you to, or you don't dance at all"
[Verse 3]
Jump into the wagon, Love, throw your panties overboard
I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
I'm no pig without a wig I hope you treat me kind
[Verse 4]
Coffins dropping in the street, like balloons made out of lead
Water poured into Vicksburg, don't know what I'm gonna do
"Don't reach out for me," she said, "Can't you see I'm drowning too"
[Verse 5]
"You can't open up your mind, boys, to any conceivable point of view,
They got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway 5"
Judge says to the High Sheriff, "I want him dead or alive,
[Verse 6]
I'm preaching the word of God, I'm putting out your eyes
I asked fat Nancy for something t' eat, she said, "Take it off the shelf
As great as you are, man, you'll never be greater than yourself."
[Verse 7]
Keeping away from the women, I'm giving them lots of room
Thunder rollin' over Clarksdale, everything a-lookin' blue
I just can't be happy, love, unless you're happy too
[Outro]
G
F5 F#5 G
F5 F#5 G

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