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HURRICANE
Stewart Harris/Thom Schuyler/Keith Stegall

   F#                     A
  Thirty miles out in the Gulf Stream
         B                      F#
  I can hear those south winds moan.
  
  Bridges are looking lower.
  Shrimp boats hurrying home.
  The old man down in the Quarter
  Slowly turned his head,
  Took another sip of whiskey.
  He looked at me and said:
  
  CHORUS:
                F#                      A
  "Well, I was born in the rain by the Pontchartrain
     B                    F#
  Beneath that Lou'siana moon.
     F#                         A
  I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
            B                  C#
  When she comes 'round every June.
        F#                          A
  That high black water, she's the devil's daughter.
         B                             F#
  She's hard an' she's cold an' she's mean.
                             A
  Nobody taught her that it takes a lot of water
      B               F#
  To wash away New Orleans."
  
  Man come down from Chicago
  Gonna set that levee right.
  He said, "It's got to be three feet higher
  Or it won't make it through the night."
  The old man down in the Quarter
  Said, "Don't you listen to that, boy.
  The water be down by morning,
  So he'll be on his way to Illinois."
  
  CHORUS TWICE

[Recorded by Leon Everette and by Levon Helm.]