Led Zeppelin
When The Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Open F: xFCFAC  (en fait open G ralenti)  noté en E

[R := g^eee E  g^ee g^ee A]  [r := g^eee E  g^eee E]

Le Beat  x 2

RRRR  rRrRrR R  rRrRrR R  w/ harmonica

/C  /D  AG AE AG AE  x 2

(reste)

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break             rR
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break             rR
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay           rR  +  R

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
He's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home, oh well

/C  /D  AG AE AG AE  x 2

E  B  A  B D E  x 2  (2e punchs + mélodie)

  Don't it make you feel bad
  When you're tryin' to find your way home
  You don't know which way to go?

  If you're goin' down South
  They got no work to do
  If you're going north to Chicago

E  B  A  B D E  x 2  w/ haa haa haa ha

rRrRrR R  rRrRrR R

/C  /D  AG AE AG AE  x 2

(reste)

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
Now cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama you got to move, woo               +  RR

All last night sat on the levee and moaned
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin' about my baby and my happy home, aah                  +  ()

/C  /D  AG AE AG AE  x 2

E  B  A  B D E  x 6  w/ bass drum  (3,4e w/ haa haa)

rRrRrR rRrR RRRR RRRR RRRG

  w/ Goin', goin' to Chicago
     Sorry but I can't take you        et quelqu'un qui joue avec les pitons
     Goin' down

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(Memphis Minnie 1927: pas ça)