D
Run for your life boys_ there's noth-in' left to do_
C                                     Am
Pikeville dam is a' cavin in_ and the water's comin' thru_
D
River's been a' risin'_ and the rain's still comin' down_
C
Fourteen days and nights_ it's gonna wash a-way the town_


[Refrain]
        Dm7                  C               A                   D
Let er' roll_  roll on muddy dream_  Let er' roll_  takin' ev-ry thing_


[Verse 2]
D
It's washed a-way the houses_  and the road is al-mose gone_
C                                    Am                        F
Ain't noth-in' here but the dyin and dead_  and the trail of a mighty storm_
D                                                        C                                         Am
I had a lovin' family_ Lord I had a lovin wife_ till the Chikasaw River and the wind and rain come and robbed
N.C.
robbed them of their life_


[Refrain]
        Dm7                  C              A                  D
Let er' roll_  roll on muddy dream_ Let er' roll_ takin' ev-ry thing_


Dm7   C   A   D
[G  O INSTRUMENTAL]


[Verse 3]
D
I don't know where I'm goin'_ Lord I don't know where I'm bound_
C                                     Am            F
Just far a-way from the water's edge_ and a no good river town_


[Refrain]
        Dm7                  C              A                  D
Let er' roll_  roll on muddy dream_ Let er' roll_ takin' ev-ry thing_