Cocaine Blues

Early one mornin while makin the rounds, I took a shot of cocaine and
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shot my woman down. I went right home and I went to bed, I stuck that
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lovin .44 beneath my head. Got up the next mornin and I grabbed that gun.
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Took a shot of cocaine and away I run. Made a good run but I run too slow,
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they overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico. Laid in the hot joints takin the
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pill. In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill. He said Willie Lee, your name
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is not Jack Brown, you're the dirty hack that shot your woman down.
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Oh yes, my name is Willie Lee. If you've got a warrant just read it to me.
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Shot her down because she made me sore. I thought I was her daddy but she
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had five more. When I was arrested I was dressed in black. They put me on
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a train and took me back. Had no friend for to go my bail. They slapped my
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dried up carcass in that county jail. Early next mornin, bout a half past
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nine, I spied the sheriff comin down the line. Upped and he coughed as he
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flared his nose, he said well come on you dirty hack into that district
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court. Into the courtroom where my trial began where I was held by twelve
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honest men. Just before the jury started out, I saw that little judge come
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as to look about. In about five minutes in walked a man holding the verdict
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in his right hand. The verdict read in the first degree, I hollered lordy
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lordy have mercy on me. The judge, he smiled as he picked up his pen.
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Ninety-nine years in the Folsom pen. Ninety-nine years underneath that
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ground, I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down. Come all, you
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gotta listen unto me, lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.
[Verse 1]
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We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout
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We've been talking 'bout Jackson ever since the fire went out
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I'm going to Jackson, gonna mess around
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yeah, I'm going to Jackson, look out Jackson town
[Verse 2]
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Go on down to Jackson, go ahead and wreck your health
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Go play your hand, you big talking man, and make a big fool of yourself
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Yeah, go to Jackson, go comb your hair
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Yeah, I'm gonna snow ball Jackson, see if I care

Girl From The North Country

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If you're travellin' in the North Country fair.
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Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline.
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Remember me to one who lives there.
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For she was once a true love of mine.
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If you go where the snowflakes fall.
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The rivers freeze and summer ends
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Please see for me she's wearing a coat sow warm.
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To keep her from the howling winds.
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Please see for me that her hair's hanging down.
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Her golden curls roll down her breast.
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Please see for me that her hair's hanging down.
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Cause that's the way I remember her best.
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So if you're travellin' in the North Country fair.
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Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline.
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Remember me to one who lives there.
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For she was once a true love of mine.
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Wondrin' if she remembers at all
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Many times I've often prayed
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In the darkness of my night
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In the brightness of my day
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So if you're travellin' in the North Country fair.
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Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline.
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Remember me to one who lives there.
(one strum each, sing slowly)
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For she was once a true love of mine.
Repeat progression, Johnny and Bob harmonize on the following words,
over the chords, repeating as necessary.
True love of mine(True love of mine)
True love of mine(True love of mine)
True love of mine(True love of mine)
True love of mine(True love of mine)
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She was once a true love of mine.

The Man Comes Around

[VERSE:]
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There's a man goin' 'round takin' names.
An' he decides who to free and who to blame.
Everybody won't be treated all the same.
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There'll be a golden ladder reaching down. When the man comes around.
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The hairs on your arm will stand up.
At the terror in each sip and in each sup.
For you partake of that last offered cup,
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Or disappear into the potter's ground.
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When the man comes around.
[CHORUS:]
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Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers.
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One hundred million angels singin'.
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Multitudes are marching to the big kettle drum.
Voices callin', voices cryin'.
Some are born an' some are dyin'.
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It's Alpha's and Omega's Kingdom come.
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And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree.
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The virgins are all trimming their wicks.
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The whirlwind is in the thorn tree.
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It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
[VERSE:]
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Till Armageddon, no Shalam, no Shalom.
Then the father hen will call his chickens home.
The wise men will bow down before the throne.
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And at his feet they'll cast their golden crown.
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When the man comes around.
Whoever is unjust, let him be unjust still.
Whoever is righteous, let him be righteous still.
Whoever is filthy, let him be filthy still.
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Listen to the words long written down,
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When the man comes around.
[CHORUS:]
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Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers.
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One hundred million angels singin'.
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Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettle drum.
Voices callin', voices cryin'.
Some are born an' some are dyin'.
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It's Alpha's and Omega's Kingdom come.
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And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree.
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The virgins are all trimming their wicks.
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The whirlwind is in the thorn tree.
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It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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In measured hundredweight and penny pound.
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When the man comes around.

Home
Big River
Of The
withBlues
The Highwaymen
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[Verse
I taught
1] the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry.
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And
A I showed the clouds
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how to cover
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up a clear
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blue sky.
Just around
E
the corner there's heartache-A
And
A the tears that I cried
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for
E that woman
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are gonna flood you, big river.
DownEthe street that losers
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And I'm
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gonna sit
B7right here until
E I die. E
If you can wade in through the teardrops,
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You'll
met her
find
accidentally
me at the Home
in St.
of Paul,
the Blues-Minnesota.
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And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl.
[Verse E
2]
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And I heard my dream, Went back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport,
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And
I walk
I followed
and cry you,
whilebig
my river,
heartbeat
when she called.
Break: A
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Keeps time with the drag of my shoes-E
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The
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E never shines through this window of mine-A
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It'sEdark at the Home of the Blues-Oh, she took me to St. Louie later on, down the river.
BREAK:
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Freighter said,
A "She's Abeen here, but she's gone,
E boy, she's
E gone."
Oh, but
E the place is filled with the sweetest
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mem'ries-And
B7 I found her
B7trail in Memphis,
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but
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she just walked up the club.
Mem'ries so sweet
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that I cry-B7
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Raised
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a few eyebrows
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and went
E on down alone.
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Dreams that I've had left me feelin' so bad,
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Well,
I justI want
pulled
to into
give Natches
up and lay
next
down
day and
down
die-river,
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But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long.
[Verse 3]
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When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry.
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Big
So if
river,
you've
why
just
she lost
doin'
your
me this
sweetheart,
way?
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Break:
And it seems there's no good way to choose-A
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Come A
along with me, mis'ry loves company-E B7 E A
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You're welcome E
at the Home of the Blues-Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
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[LEAD
Take that
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woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
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Go on,
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dump
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my
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She loves you, big river, more than me.
[VERSE 1 / CODA]
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IAtaught the weepin'
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Just around the corner there's heartache--B7
And
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Down theE street that losers use-A
And the
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tears that
B7 I cried for that
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woman are
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gonna flood you, big river.
If you
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And I'm gonna
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sit right B7
here until I Edie. E
You'll find me at the Home of the Blues-A
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Orange Blossom Special

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Hey, look yonder comin, comin down that railroad track. Hey, look
yonder
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comin, comin down that railroad track. It's that orange blossom
special,
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bringin my baby back. During harmonica solo: C F G C C F G C. Goin
down to
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Florida and get some sand in my shoes, or maybe California and get
some sand
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in my shoes. Ride that orange blossom special and lose these New York
blues.
Another harmonica solo. They talk about ramblin, she's the fastest
train on
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the line. They talk about travelin, she's the fastest train on the
line. It's
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that orange blossom special rollin down that seaboard line. Another
harmonica

A Boy Named Sue

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Intro:
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Well, my daddy left home
when I was three
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and he didn't leave much for
ma and me,
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just this old guitar and an
empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him
'cause he run and hid,
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but the meanest thing that
he ever did
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was before he left, he went
and named me Sue.

I Was There When It Happened

Five Feet High and Rising
How
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Two
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How
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high's the water, Mama?

feet high and risin'.
high's the water, Papa?
feet high and risin'.

We can / make it to the road, in a

homemade boat,
That's the / only thing we got left
that'll float,
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It's / already over all the wheat
and the oats,
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Two feet high and risin'.
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How high's
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Three feet
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How high's
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Three feet

the water, Mama?

high and risin'
the water, Papa?
high and risin'.

Well, the / hives are gone, I've

lost my bees.
The / chickens are sleepin' in the
willow trees.
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Cow's in water up past her knees,
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Three feet high and risin'.
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How high's the
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Four feet high
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How high's the
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Four feet high

water, Mama?
and risin'.
water, Papa?
and risin'.

Hey, come look through the window

pane,
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The / bus is comin', gonna take us
to the train
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Looks like we'll be blessed with a
little more rain,
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Four feet high and risin'
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How high's the
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Five feet high
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How high's the
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Five feet high

water, Mama?
and risin'.
water, Papa?
and risin'.

Well, the / rails are washed out

north of town,
We gotta head for higher ground,
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We / can't come back, till the
water comes down,
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Five feet high and risin'.
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Well, it's / five feet high and
risin'.

Verse I:
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There are some people who say we cannot tell
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Whether we are saved or whether all is well
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They say we only can hope and trust that it is so
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But I was there when it happened and so I guess I
oughta know
Chorus:

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Yes I know when Jesus saved me (saved my soul)
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The very moment He forgave me (made me whole)
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He took away my heavy burdens
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Lord He gave me peace within (peace within)
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Satan can't make me doubt it (I won't doubt it)
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It's real and I'm gonna shout it (I'm gonna shout
it)
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I was there when it happened and so I guess I oughta
know
(Instrumental Break same as Intro)
Verse II: (same as Verse I)
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I don't care who tells me salvation is not real
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Though the world may argue that we cannot feel
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The heavy burdens lifted and the wild sins go
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I was there when it happened and so I guess I oughta
know