[Intro] x2

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[Verse]

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  Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the south wind moan

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The bridge is gettin' lower, the shrimp boats comin' home

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The old man down in the Quarter, slowly turns his head

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  Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and, this is what he said

[Chorus]

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I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon

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I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June

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The high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean

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But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans

[Verse]

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Man came down from Chicago, he gonna set that levee right… he says,

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  It needs to be at least three feet higher, it won't make it through the night

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But the old man down in the Quarter, he said don't you listen to that boy

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The water be down by the mornin', and he'll be back to Illinois

[Chorus]

     Am                      C                   D                     Am

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon

  Am                         C              D                  E

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June

   Am                  C                         D                          Am

The high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean

   Am                    G                        D               Am

But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans

[Solo]

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[Verse]

Am                       C            D                     Am

  Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the south wind moan

   Am                    C      D                     Am

The bridge is gettin' lower, the shrimp boats comin' home

   Am                    C      D                  Am

The old man down in the Quarter, slowly turns his head

Am                         C                  D                Am

  Takes a drink from his whiskey bottle and, this is what he said

[Chorus]

[A capella]

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June

Am                  C                         D                          Am

High black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean

   Am                    G                        D               Am

But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans

[Chorus]

     Am                      C                   D                     Am

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon

  Am                         C              D                  E

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June

   Am                  C                         D                          Am

The high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean

   Am                    G                        D               Am

But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans

   Am                    G                        D               Am

But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans

[Solo]

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