Louisiana 1927 Uke tab by Randy Newman

A            C#m                     F#m
   What has happened down here is the wind has changed

B7                         D                      A  D
Clouds rolled in from the north and it starts to rain

A                C#m                      F#m
  It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time

B7                         D               A  D
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

A            C#m                    F#m
   The river rose all day the river rose all night

B7                 D                                    A           D
  Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away all right

A                C#m                           F#m
  The river had busted through clear down to Plaquemine

B7                         D               A  
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline


D          A   C#m7 C#7  F#m A7
Loui----siana,    Loui---siana

                  D                                 A
They're trying to wash us away,  they're trying to wash us away

D          A   C#m7 C#7  F#m A7
Loui----siana,    Loui---siana

                  D                                 A          D
They're trying to wash us away,  they're trying to wash us away


A            C#m                     F#m
   President Coolidge came down in a railroad train

        B7                    D              A  D
With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand

A                      C#m                 F#m
President say: "Little fat man isn't it a shame,

           B7                D                   A  
What the river has done to this poor crackers' land


D          A   C#m7 C#7  F#m A7
Loui----siana,    Loui---siana

                  D                                 A
They're trying to wash us away,  they're trying to wash us away

D          A   C#m7 C#7  F#m A7
Loui----siana,    Loui---siana

                  D                                 A
They're trying to wash us away,  they're trying to wash us away