g c/g-g c/g g

g
crash on the levee mama,
c/g-g c/g-g
water´s gonna overflow,
c
swamp´s gonna rise,
g c/g-g
no boat´s gonna row.
c/g-g
now you can train on down

to william´s point,
c/g-g
you can bust your feet,
c/g-g
you can rock this joint.
c
but oh mama, ain´t you gonna
d g c/g-g
miss your best friend now.
d
you gonna have to find yourself
g c/g-g
another best friend somehow.

now don´t you try and move me,
you´re just gonna lose.
there´s a crash on the levee
and mama you been refused.
well it´s sugar for sugar
and it´s salt for salt,
if you go down in the flood
it´s gonna be your fault.
oh mama, ain´t you gonna miss
your best friend now.
yes you gonna have to find yourself
another best friend somehow.

well that high tide´s rising,
mama don´t you let me down.
pack up your suitcase,
mama don´t you make a sound.
now it´s king for king,
queen for queen,
it´s gonna be the meanest flood
that anybody´s seen.
oh mama, ain´t you gonna miss
your best friend now.
yes you gonna have to find yourself
another best friend somehow.