Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
Bob Dylan and the Band
The Basement Tapes
Capo 2
[Intro]
G C/G G C/G G
[Verse 1]
G
Crash on the levee mama,
C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
water's gonna overflow,
C7
swamp's gonna rise,
G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
no boat's gonna row.
G7
Now you can train on down to William's point,
C7
you can bust your feet,
G7
you can rock this joint.
[Refrain]
C
But oh mama, ain't you gonna
G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
miss your best friend now.
D
You gonna have to find yourself
Em C G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
another best friend somehow.
[Verse 2]
G
Now don't you try and move me,
C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
you're just gonna lose.
C7
There's a crash on the levee
G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
and mama you been refused.
G7
Well it's sugar for sugar and it's salt for salt,
C7
if you go down in the flood
G7
it's gonna be your fault.
[Refrain]
C
But oh mama, ain't you gonna
G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
miss your best friend now.
D
You gonna have to find yourself
Em C G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
another best friend somehow.
[Verse 3]
G
Well that high tide's rising,
C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
mama don't you let me down.
C7
Pack up your suitcase,
G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
mama don't you make a sound.
G7
Now it's king for king, queen for queen,
C7
it's gonna be the meanest flood
G7
that anybody's seen.
[Refrain]
C
But oh mama, ain't you gonna
G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
miss your best friend now.
D
You gonna have to find yourself
Em C G C/G G C/G G G C/G G C/G
another best friend somehow.
