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  14   <h1 class="songtitle">The Levee&rsquo;s Gonna Break</h1>
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  17 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  18 Released on <a href="index.htm" class="recordlink">Modern Times</a> (2006)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  21 <p>
  22 Best played with a capo on the 1st fret (sounding key Bb major)
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  24 <hr />
  25 <p>The basic riff (in A; same thing in D and E, just on other strings):</p>
  26 <pre class="tab">
  27   A
  28   :     .     .     .       :     .     .      .
  29 |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  30 |-------------8----(7)----|--------------------------|
  31 |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  32 |-------------5----(4)----|--------------------------|
  33 |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  34 |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  35 |                         |                          |
  36 | :     .     .     .     | :     .     .      .     |
  37 |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  38 |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  39 |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  40 |-2-----4-----5-----4-----|-2-----4------2---2-2---2-|
  41 |-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0------0-----0-----|
  42 |-------------------------|--------------------------|
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  45 <pre class="verse">
  46       A
  47 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break,
  48       D                                      A
  49 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break.
  50 E                                                  A
  51 Everybody sayin' this is a day only the Lord could make.
  52 </pre>
  53 <pre class="verse">
  54 Well, I worked on the levee, mama, both night 'n day,
  55 I worked on the levee, mama, both night 'n day.
  56 I got to the river and I threw my clothes away.
  57 </pre>
  58 <pre class="verse">
  59 I paid my time and now I'm as good as new,
  60 I've paid my time and now I'm as good as new.
  61 They can't take me back unless I want 'em to.
  62 </pre>
  63 <pre class="verse">
  64 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break,
  65 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break.
  66 Some of these people gonna strip you of all they can take.
  67 </pre>
  68
  69
  70 <pre>[Guitar solo]</pre>
  71
  72
  73 <pre class="verse">
  74 I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload,
  75 I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload.
  76 Riches and salvation can be waiting behind the next bend in the road.
  77 </pre>
  78 <pre class="verse">
  79 I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get,
  80 I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get.
  81 You say you want me to quit ya, I told ya, 'No, not just yet.'
  82 </pre>
  83 <pre class="verse">
  84 Well, I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me,
  85 I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me.
  86 I see all that I am and all I hope to be.
  87 </pre>
  88
  89 <pre class="verse">
  90 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break,
  91 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break.
  92 Some of these people don't know which road to take.
  93 </pre>
  94
  95
  96 <pre>[Guitar solo]</pre>
  97
  98
  99 <pre class="verse">
 100 When I'm with you, I forget I was ever blue,
 101 When I'm with you, I forget I was ever blue.
 102 Without you there's no meaning in anything I do.
 103 </pre>
 104 <pre class="verse">
 105 Some people on the road carryin' everything that they own,
 106 Some people on the road carryin' everything they own.
 107 Some people got barely enough skin to cover their bone.
 108 </pre>
 109 <pre class="verse">
 110 Put on your cat clothes, mama, put on your evening dress,
 111 Put on your cat clothes, mama, put on your evening dress.
 112 Few more years of hard work, then there'll be a thousand years of happiness.
 113 </pre>
 114 <pre class="verse">
 115 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break,
 116 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break.
 117 I tried to get you to love me, but I won't repeat that mistake.
 118 </pre>
 119
 120
 121 <pre>[Guitar solo:]</pre>
 122
 123 <pre class="tab">
 124   A
 125   :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .        . . . .
 126 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
 127 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
 128 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
 129 |-------------------5-----|-------5---------5-------|--------------------------|----------|
 130 |-------3-----5/7---------|-6--/7-----6/7-----7\5-3-|-------------3------------|----------|
 131 |-----5-------------------|-------------------------|-5-----5---5--------------|----------|
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 133 <pre class="tab">
 134   D
 135   :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .        . . . .
 136 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
 137 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
 138 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
 139 |-------------------------|-------5-----------------|--------------------------|----------|
 140 |-------3-----5-----3---3-|-5--/7-------7\5-3-----3-|-------------3------------|----------|
 141 |-----5-------------------|-------------------5-----|-5-----5------------------|----------|
 142 </pre>
 143 <pre class="tab">
 144
 145   :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .   .     .   .   .   .
 146 |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
 147 |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
 148 |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
 149 |--------------------- ---|-------------------5---5h|-7-----------7-5-----|---------------|
 150 |-------3-----5-----3---3-|-5---3-5---3-5--/7-------|-----------------7-5-|-5-3-----------|
 151 |-----5-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|-----5---------|
 152 </pre>
 153 <pre class="verse">
 154 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break,
 155 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break.
 156 Plenty of cheap stuff out there still around that you take.
 157 </pre>
 158 <pre class="verse">
 159 I woke up this morning, butter n' eggs in my bed,
 160 I woke up this morning, butter n' eggs in my bed.
 161 I ain't got enough room to even raise my head.
 162 </pre>
 163 <pre class="verse">
 164 Come back, baby, say we nevermore will part,
 165 Come back, baby, say we nevermore will part.
 166 Don't be a stranger with no brain or heart.
 167 </pre>
 168 <pre class="verse">
 169 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break,
 170 If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break.
 171 Some people still sleepin', some people are wide awake.
 172 </pre>
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