Hurricane Angel
Ellis PaulVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
On the day the levee broke
The water did rise, The flowers did choke
I sat in my living room, took one last toke
Then I watched it all drift away
Now my credit card's ringing up at thirty percent
There's a man in India wondering where the money went
But I can't pay
So I sat on my roof In Lake Pontchartrain
Singing woe to my chimney Singing woe to the rain
A stranger came by I never caught his name
He said he's rowing to the Rio Grande
Air Force One a blue streak in the sky
Mr. President, You can't afford to lie
Cause I can't afford to pay
Hurricane Angel I'm lifting my eyes over Baton Rouge
Lift up your wings let me hear your voice singing
Can you turn these black skies to blue again?
I'm laying on the floor of a trailer at night
with sixteen refugees waiting on daylight
I can't pay
I caught a flatbed ford up to Baton Rouge
with four worn out souls and one corkscrew
You can drown New Orleans but you can't drown the blues
so bartender pour away
Exxon's having one hell of a year
three bucks a gallon man they're making it clear
that I can't pay.
Lord, Lord, Lord
We haven't spoken in many a day
I got myself in trouble down in the Ninth Ward
thought I'd send a prayer your way
On my windowsill's A stack of insurance bills
A man in Delaware says I can't have the pills
until I can pay
Hurricane Angel I'm lifting my eyes over Baton Rouge
Lift up your wings let me hear your voice singing
Can you turn these black skies to blue again?
I'm laying on the floor of a trailer at night
with sixteen refugees waiting on daylight
I can't pay
Somebody should pay
On the day the levee broke
The water did rise and the flowers did choke
I sat in my living room, took one last toke
and I watched it all drift away
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Readable chord sheet for Hurricane Angel by Ellis Paul
[C] [Am] [F] [C] [C] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [C] [Am] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]On the day the [Am]levee broke The [F]water did rise, The [C]flowers did choke I [C]sat in my living room, [Am]took one last toke Then I [F]watched it all drift [G]away Now my [Am]credit card's [C]ringing up at [F]thirty percent There's a [Am]man in [C]India [F]wondering where the money went But [C]I [G]can't [F]pay So I [C]sat on my roof In [Am]Lake Pontchartrain Singing [F]woe to my chimney Singing [C]woe to the rain A [C]stranger came by I [Am]never caught his name He [F]said he's rowing to the Rio [G]Grande [Am]Air Force [C]One a blue [F]streak in the sky Mr. [Am]President, [C]You can't [F]afford to lie Cause [C]I can't [G]afford to [F]pay Hurricane [C]Ang[Am]el I'm lifting my [F]eyes over Baton [C]Rouge [C]Lift up your wings let me [Am]hear your voice singing Can you [F]turn these black skies to [G]blue again? I'm [Am]laying on the [C]floor of a [F]trailer at night with [Am]sixteen [C]refugees [F]waiting on daylight [C]I [G]can't [F]pay I caught a [C]flatbed ford up to [Am]Baton Rouge with four [F]worn out souls and one c[C]orkscrew You can [C]drown New Orleans but you [Am]can't drown the blues so [F]bartender pour [G]away [Am]Exxon's [C]having one [F]hell of a year [Am]three bucks a [C]gallon man they're [F]making it clear that [C]I [G]can't [F]pay. [C] [Am] [F] [C] [C] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [C] [Am] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]Lord, [F]Lord, [Am]Lord We haven't [F]spoken in many a [C]day I [C]got myself in trouble [Am]down in the Ninth Ward thought [F]I'd send a prayer your [G]way [Am]On my [C]windowsill's [F]A stack of insurance bills [Am]A man in [C]Delaware [F]says I can't have the pills [C]until [G]I can [F]pay Hurricane [C]Ang[Am]el I'm lifting my [F]eyes over Baton [C]Rouge [C]Lift up your wings let me [Am]hear your voice singing Can you [F]turn these black skies to [G]blue again? I'm [Am]laying on the [C]floor of a [F]trailer at night with [Am]sixteen [C]refugees [F]waiting on daylight [C]I [G]can't [F]pay [C]Somebody [G]should [F]pay [C]On the day the [Am]levee broke The [F]water did rise and the [C]flowers did choke I [C]sat in my living room, [Am]took one last toke and I [F]watched it all drift [C]away