Frank Black – St Francis Dam Disaster (Guitar)

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C                       G               Em  Em (+F#)
 There was a well known water master man

C           G  F
 He was the king 

Em  Em(+G) Em  D    G   Em  Em(+F#)
 He could  do anything

C                G               Em  Em (+F#)
 The St. Francis Dam Disaster man

C                  G  F
 Thought she was alright, 

Em Em(+G)  D       G
 Until  around midnight 

Em            F               C
 Because that water seeks her own

     D               Em
 She had a desire to flow 

      Em                            D D D  D2  Em
She was looking for somewhere to go

C                       G                Em  Em (+F#) 
 She was a slave to the great metropolis

C                G   F
 She was feeling choked

Em   Em(+G) Em   D            G     Em  Em(+F#)
 She pushed the wall 'till it broke

C                    G               Em  Em(+F#)
 when they heard the great apocalypse

    C                  G  F
 At power house number two

Em   Em(+G) Em   D                 G
 Well there was nothing they could do

Em            F               C
 Because that water seeks her own

 D                                 Em
 Five and one half hours she would flow

        Em                        D   Em
 She had fifty-three miles to go

C                  G              Em  Em(+F#)  Em
 A cascade down to Santa Clara way

C                G  F
 Near sixty feet high

Em  Em(+G) Em  D    G   Em  Em(+F#)  Em
 Now she's a  mile wide 

C                     G             Em  Em(+F#)  Em
 It was clear she was going far away

C                     G F
 and whole towns were too

Em Em(+G) Em  D         G
 A  few  got lucky in Piru

Em            F               C
 Because that water seeks her own

D                              Em
 But four more hours she would flow

        Em                            D   Em
 She had twenty-nine miles more to go

C                   G                  Em  Em(+F#) Em              
 She carried in her every kind of thing

        C               G  F
 House, tree, telegraph pole

Em  Em(+G) Em  D       G    Em  Em(+F#) Em
 Some say  a thousand souls

    C                         G            Em  Em(+F#)  Em
 At three A.M. she gave Santa Paula a ring

         C                      G  F
 She was still twenty-five feet high

Em Em(+G) Em  D     G
 Under  a  peaceful sky

Em            F               C
 Because that water seeks her own

D                             Em
 But two more hours she would flow

       Em                       (harmonics)
 She had nineteen more miles to go