Tonart: C major
Verse 1
C
G
C
G
Backwater rising,
C
Southern peoples can't make no time
F
I said, backwater rising,
C
Southern peoples can't make no time
G
C
And I can't get no hearing from
G
that Memphis girl of mine
Verse 2
G
C
F
people screaming in Tennessee
Oh, people screaming
C
in Tennessee
G
If I don't leave Memphis,
F
C
G
backwater spill all over poor me
C
G
People, since its raining, it has been
Verse 3
C
for nights and days
G
F
People, since its raining,
C
has been for nights and days
G
Thousands people stands on the hill,
C
G
looking down were they used to stay
Verse 4
C
Children stand there screaming "mama,
C
Oh mama, we ain't got no home"
G
Papa says to the children,
C
F
C
G
"Backwater left us all alone"
Verse 5
C
G
C
come in my windows and door
C
come in my windows and door
G
I leave with a prayer in my heart,
C
backwater won't rise no more
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