[Intro] Am  C  D  Am
        Am  C  D  Am

[Primeira Parte]

Am                     C
 Thirty miles off the Gulf Stream
   D                   Am
I hear the south wind moan
 Am              C
Bridges getting lower
 D                   Am
Shrimp boats coming home

        Am                   C
But the old man down in the quarter
 D                Am
Slowly turns his head
 Am                   C
Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle
     D               Am  Am
And this is what he said

[Refrão]

       Am                      C
I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
      D                      Am
Underneath the Louisiana moon
   Am                         C
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
    D                  E
It comes around every June

     Am                    C
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
       D                             Am
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
     Am
But nobody taught her
    C                       D
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

( Am  C  D  Am )
( Am  C  D  Am )

[Segunda Parte]

  Am                     C
A man came down from Chicago
            D              Am
He’s gonna set that levee right
         Am                       C
He said, it needs to be at least three feet higher
       D                         Am
Or we won’t make it through the night

        Am                   C
But the old man down in the quarter
       D                       Am
Said, don’t you listen to that boy
     Am                      C
The water’ll be down by the morning
              D           Am
And he’ll be back to Illinois

[Refrão]

           Am                      C
And I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
      D                      Am
Underneath the Louisiana moon
   Am                         C
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
    D                  E
It comes around every June

     Am                    C
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
       D                             Am
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
     Am
But nobody taught her
    C                       D               Am
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

( Am  C  D  Am )
( Am  C  D  Am )

[Terceira Parte]

 Am                   C
Thirty miles off the Gulf Stream
   D                   Am
I hear the south wind moan
 Am              C
Bridges getting lower
 D                   Am
Shrimp boats coming home

        Am                   C
But the old man down in the quarter
 D                Am
Slowly turns his head
 Am                   C
Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle
     D               Am  Am
And this is what he said

[Refrão]

       Am                      C
I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
      D                      Am
Underneath the Louisiana moon
   Am                         C
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
    D                  E
It comes around every June

     Am                    C
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
       D                             Am
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
     Am
But nobody taught her
    C                       D               Am
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

[Refrão]

           Am                      C
And I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
      D                      Am
Underneath the Louisiana moon
   Am                         C
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
    D                  E
It comes around every June

     Am                    C
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
       D                             Am
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
     Am
But nobody's taught her
    C                       D               Am
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans

[Final]

 Am
Nobody taught her
    C                       D                    Am
It takes a lot of water to wash away New Orleans