Hurricane

Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream,

I (D7)hear the south wind moan.

The bridge is getting (C)lower, the (D7)shrimp boat's coming home.

The old man down in the (C)Quarter

(D)slowly turns his head,

takes a sip from his (C)whiskey bottle,

and (D7)this is what he said:

I was (A)born in the rain on the (C)Pontchartrain,

(D7)underneath the Lou'siana moon.

I (A)don't mind the strain of a (C)hurricane;

they (D)come around ev'ry June.

The (A5)high black water, a (C)devil's daughter.

She's hard, she's cold and she's mean.

But nobody taught her it (G5)takes a lot of water to (D7)wash away New Orleans.

Man came down from (C)Chicago;

he gonna (D7)set that levee right.

He says, "It needs to be at least (C)three feet higher.

It (D7)won't make it through the night."

But the old man down in the (C)Quarter,

he said, (D7)"Don't you listen to that boy.

The water be down by the (C)morning,

and he'll be (D7)back to Illinois."

I was (A)born in the rain on the (C)Pontchartrain,

(D7)underneath the Lou'siana moon.

I (A)don't mind the strain of a (C)hurricane;

they (D)come around ev'ry June.

The (A5)high black water, a (C)devil's daughter.

She's hard, she's cold and she's mean.

But nobody taught her it (G5)takes a lot of water to (D7)wash away New Orleans.

(A)born in the rain on the (C)Pontchartrain,

(D7)underneath the Lou'siana moon.

I (A)don't mind the strain of a (C)hurricane;

they (D)come around ev'ry June.

The (A5)high black water, a (C)devil's daughter.

She's hard, she's cold and she's mean.

But nobody taught her it (G5)takes a lot of water to (D7)wash away New Orleans.

(A5)Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream,

I (D7)hear the south wind moan.

The bridge is getting (C)lower, the (D7)shrimp boat's coming home.

The old man down in the (C)Quarter