[Intro]

(32 measures)
                       

[Verse]

      
If it keeps on

 raining, leve

e's goin' to b

reak, 2x
         
When the levee

 breaks I'll h

ave no place t

o stay.
         
 *(half phrase

)*

Mean old levee

 taught me to 

weep and moan,

 2x

Got what it ta

kes to make a 

mountain man l

eave his home,

Oh, well, oh, 

well, oh, well

.

        

           


Don't it make 

you feel bad
            
When you're tr

ying to find y

our way home,
            
You don't know

            
 which way to 

  
go?
          
If you're goin

' down South
     
They got no wo

rk to do,
            
If you don't k

            
now about Chic

 
ago.

            x2

(28 measures)
                      


Cryin' won't h

elp you, prayi

ng won't do yo

u no good,
     
Now, cryin' wo

n't help you, 

praying won't 

do you no good

,
         
When the levee

 breaks, mama,

 you got to mo

ve.

*(full phrase)

*

All last night

 sat on the le

vee and moaned

, 2x
         
Thinking 'bout

 me baby and m

y happy home.

        

            x6

[Outro]