Learn to play "Crash on the Levee" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
A# Crash on the levee mama, water's gonna overflow, D# swamp's gonna rise, A# no boat's gonna row. Now you can train on down to William's point, you can bust your feet, you can rock this joint. Chorus: D# But oh mama, ain't you gonna F A# miss your best friend now. F You gonna have to find yourself A# another best friend somehow. Now don't you try and move me, you're just gonna lose. There's a crash on the levee and mama you been refused. Well it's sugar for sugar and it's salt for salt, if you go down in the flood it's gonna be your fault. Chorus: Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now. Yes you gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow. Well that high tide's rising, mama don't you let me down. Pack up your suitcase, mama don't you make a sound. Now it's king for king, queen for queen, it's gonna be the meanest flood that anybody's seen. Chorus: Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now. Yes you gonna have to find yourself another best friend somehow. You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA# D# F Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Crash on the Levee" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Crash on the Levee" by Bob Dylan.