Key: A
Introduction:
A C
Thirty miles out in the Gulf Stream
D A
I can hear them South winds moan
A C
The bridges are lookin' lower
D A
Shrimp boats are hurryin' home
A C
The old man down in the quarter
D A
Slowly turned his head
A C
He took another sip of his whiskey bottle
D A
He looked at me and he said
A C
I was born in the rain by Lake Ponchartrain
D A
Underneath the Louisiana Moon
A C
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
D E
They come around every June
A C
High black water, a devils daughter
D A
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean
A G
But nobody's taught her that it takes a lot of water
D A
To wash away New Orleans
A man came down from Chicago