{"id":29124,"date":"2026-01-11T23:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=29124"},"modified":"2026-01-11T23:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:37:46","slug":"when-the-levee-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/when-the-levee-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Levee Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"
Original is in F but I usually play it in E\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n        Em<\/span>\r\nIf it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break\r\n        A<\/span>\r\nIf it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break\r\n        B7<\/span>                     A<\/span>               Em<\/span>\r\nAnd the water gonna come in, have no place to stay\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n        Em<\/span>\r\nWell all last night I sat on the levee and moan\r\n        A<\/span>\r\nWell all last night, I sat on the levee and moan\r\n        B7<\/span>              A<\/span>            Em<\/span>\r\nThinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n        Em<\/span>\r\nIf it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break\r\n        A<\/span>\r\nIf it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break\r\n        B7<\/span>            A<\/span>                Em<\/span>\r\nAnd all these people have no place to stay\r\n\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n        Em<\/span>\r\nNow look here mama what am I to do\r\n        A<\/span>\r\nNow look here mama, what am I to do\r\n        B7<\/span>             A<\/span>               Em<\/span>\r\nI ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n         Em<\/span>\r\nI works on the levee mama both night and day\r\n         A<\/span>\r\nI works on the levee mama both night and day\r\n         B7<\/span>           A<\/span>             Em<\/span>\r\nI ain't got nobody, keep the water away\r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n         Em\r\nOh cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do no good\r\n         A\r\nOh cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do no good\r\n          B7            A                Em\r\nWhen the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose\r\n \r\n[Verse 7]\r\n         Em\r\nI works on the levee, mama both night and day\r\n         A\r\nI works on the levee, mama both night and day\r\n   B7                A              Em\r\nI works so hard, to keep the water away\r\n \r\n[Verse 8]\r\n   Em\r\nI had a woman, she wouldn't do for me\r\n   A\r\nI had a woman, she wouldn't do for me\r\n     B7            A         Em\r\nI'm goin' back to my used to be\r\n \r\n[Verse 9]\r\n   Em\r\nI's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan\r\n   A\r\nIt's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan\r\n B7             A              Em\r\nGonna leave my baby, and my happy home<\/pre>\n
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Original is in F but I usually play it in E [Verse 1] Em If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break A If it keeps on rainin’ levee’s goin’ to break B7 A Em And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay [Verse 2] Em … CLICK TO VIEW SONGWhen the Levee Breaks<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29125,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29124\/revisions\/29125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}