Flood Water Blues Chords & Lyrics - Lonnie Johnson

[VERSE 1]
[G] It's been snowin' forty days and nights,[C7] lakes and rivers begin to [G]freeze.
[C7] It's been snowin' forty days and nights, rivers and lakes begin to [G]freeze.
[D7] Some places through my old hometown,[C7] water‘s up above my [G]knees.

[VERSE 2]
[G] Storm begin risin', [C7]and the sun begin sinking [G]down.
[C7] Storm begin risin', the sun begin sinking [G]down.
[D7] I says, "Mother and Dad, [C7]pack your trunk. We ain't safe here in this [G]town.

[VERSE 3]
[G]When it lightnin' my [C7]mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin' [G]down.
[C7]When it lightnin' my mind gets frightened, my nerves begin weakenin' [G]down.
[D7]And the shack where we was livin' [C7]begin movin' ‘[G]round.

[VERSE 4]
[G] Women and children were [C7]screamin', sayin', "Mama why must we [G]go?"
[C7] Women and children were screamin', sayin', "Lord, where must we [G]go?"
[D7] "The floodwater have broke the levees [C7]and we ain't safe here no [G]more."

[VERSE 5]
[G] And begin cloud as dark as [C7]midnight, keep raining all the [G]time.
[C7] I say, "Oh, I wonder why the sun don't ever [G]shine?"
[D7] And the way it keeps rainin' [C7]it's drivin' me out my[G] mind.