Hurricane (Band of Heathens) CAPO 1 Time: 4/4 Tempo: 130 Strum: dddd (Note: D chord is a C up two frets)
[INTRO] Am C D Am , Am C D Am
[VERSE 1]
Am C D Am
Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the south wind moan,
Am C D Am
the bridge is gettin' lower, the shrimp boats comin' home,
Am C D Am
the old man down in the Quarter, slowly turns his head,
Am C D Am
takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and, this is what he said,
[CHORUS]
Am C D Am
I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon,
Am C D E
I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June,
Am C D Am
the high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean,
Am G D Am
but nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans.
[VERSE 2]
Am C D Am
Man came down from Chicago, he gonna set that levee right… he says,
Am C D Am
it needs to be at least three feet higher, it won't make it through the night,
Am C D Am
but the old man down in the Quarter, he said don't you listen to that boy,
Am C D Am
the water be down by the mornin', and he'll be back to Illinois.
[CHORUS]
Am C D Am
I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon,
Am C D E
I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June,
Am C D Am
the high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean,
Am G D Am
but nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans.
[INTERLUDE]
Am C D Am , Am C D E
Am C D Am , Am G D Am
[VERSE 1]
Am C D Am
Thirty miles on the Gulf Stream, I hear the south wind moan,
Am C D Am
the bridge is gettin' lower, the shrimp boats comin' home,
Am C D Am
the old man down in the Quarter, slowly turns his head,
Am C D Am
takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and, this is what he said,
[CHORUS]
Am C D Am
I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain, underneath the Loosiana moon,
Am C D E
I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, they come around every June,
Am C D Am
the high black water, a devil's daughter, she's hard, she's cold, and she's mean,
Am G D Am
but nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans.
[OUTRO]
Am G D Am
but nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water, to wash away New Orleans.
Am G D Am
[Optional - Original Outro if multiple guitars playing]
Am C D Am , Am C D E,
Am C D Am , Am G D Am