Bob Dylan – The Levees Gonna Break chords

[Intro]
G G C  G G C G G C  G G C G G C  G G C

[Verse]
GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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CIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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D                          C                       GEverybody saying this is a day only the Lord could make
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[Verse]
GWell I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day
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CWell I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day
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D                          C               GI got to the river and I threw my clothes away
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GI paid my time and now I'm as good as new
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CI paid my time and now I'm as good as new
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D                         C                     GThey can't take me back, not unless I want them to
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[Verse]
GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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D                        C                           GSome of these people gonna strip you of all they can take
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[Instrumental]

[Verse]
GI can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
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CI can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
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D                                             C                  GRiches and salvation can be waiting behind the next bend in the road
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GI picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
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C                                                         GI picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
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D                           C                          GYou say you want me to quit ya, I told you no, not just yet
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[Verse]
GI look in your eyes, I see nobody else but me
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C                                            GI look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me
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D                        C            GI see all that I am and all I hope to be
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[Verse]
GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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C                                       GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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D                          C                       GSome of these people don't know which road to take
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[Instrumental]

[Verse]
GWhen I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
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C                                     GWhen I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
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D                        C                   GWithout you there's no meaning in anything I do
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[Verse]
GSome people on the road carrying everything that they own
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C                                                     GSome people on the road carrying everything that they own
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D                                   C                  GSome people got barely enough skin to cover their bones
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[Verse]
GPut on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress
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C                                                   GPut on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress
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D                             C                                     GA few more years of hard work then there'll be a thousand years of happiness
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[Instrumental]

[Verse]
GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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C                                       GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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D                          C                       GI tried to get you to love me, but I won't repeat that mistake
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 [Verse]
GI woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed
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CI woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed
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D                          C                       GI ain't got enough room to even raise my head
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 [Verse]
GCome back, baby, say we never more will part
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C                                           GCome back, baby, say we never     more will part
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D                          C                       GDon't be a stranger without a         brain or heart
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[Verse]
GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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C                                     GIf it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
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D                          C                       GSome people still sleepin', some people are wide awake
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[Outro]
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