Randy Newman – Louisiana 1927 (Guitar)
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Randy Newman
From: "Good Old Boys" (1974)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/A x-0-2-0-1-0
C/B x-2-x-0-1-0
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
C/E x-x-2-0-1-0
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C(add9) x-3-2-0-3-0
G/B x-2-0-0-3-3
G/D x-x-0-0-0-3
G7/D x-x-0-0-0-1
or x-5-3-0-0-x
Bm7/F# 2-2-4-4-3-2
or 2-x-0-2-0-2
B7/F# 2-2-4-2-4-2
or 2-x-1-2-0-2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro] [G [C/G [G [G [D [G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----3---3-----3-|5---3-----3-----|----3---3-----3-|5---------------| G|4---4---4---4-4-|5---4---4-4-----|4---4---4---4-4-|----7---4-------| D|5-----------5---|--------5-------|5-----------5---|7-------5-------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| [G [C/G [G [A7 [D7sus4 [G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------| B|----3---3-----3-|5---5---3-------|0---------------|----------------| G|4---4---4---4-4-|----5---4-4-----|6-------5-------|4---------------| D|5-----------5---|----------5-----|--7-5---5---7---|5---------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| *Em7 LINK e|----------0-----| B|3---3--03-0-3-0-| G|0---0-2-2---2-0-| D|2---------------| A|----------------| E|----------------|
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[Intro]
| G | C/G G | G | D G | (see tab) | G | C/G G | A7 D7sus4 | G | (see tab)
[Verse 1]
G Bm7 Em7 What has happened down here is the wind has changed [*Em7 LINK] A7 C/D C/G G C G/D Clouds rolled in from the north and it starts to rain G Bm7 Em7 It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time [*Em7 LINK] A7 C/D G C G/B C C/D Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
[Verse 2]
G Bm7 Em7 The river rose all day the river rose all night [*Em7 LINK] A7 C/D C/G G C G/D Some people got lost in the flood some people got away all right G Bm7 Em7 The river had busted through clear down to Plaquemine [*Em7 LINK] A7 C/D G C G/B C C/D G ] Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline [Loui-- siana]
[Chorus]
[ C G/B C C/D ] G Bm7/F# B7/F# Em G7/D Loui----siana, Loui---siana C(add9) C/D C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away C C/D G Bm7/F# B7/F# Em G7/D Loui----siana, Loui---siana C(add9) C/D C/E G/D C C/B C/A They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away
[Verse 3]
G Bm7 Em7 President Coolidge came down in a railroad train [*Em7 LINK] A7 C/D C/G G C G/D With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand G Bm7 Em7 President say: "Little fat man isn't it a shame, [*Em7 LINK] A7 C/D G C G/B C C/D [ G ] What the river has done to this poor crackers' land?" [Loui-- siana]
[Chorus]
(+ coda variation)
[ C G/B C C/D ] G Bm7/F# B7/F# Em G7/D Loui----siana, Loui---siana C(add9) C/D C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away C C/D G Bm7/F# B7/F# Em G7/D Louisiana, Louisiana C(add9) C/D C/E G/D They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away C G/B A7 C/D C/G G They're trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away