Five Feet High And Risin Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A Strum Once

No Chord

How high's the water, Mama?

ATwo feet high and risin'.

AHow high's the water, Papa?

ATwo feet high and risin'.

 We can / make Ait to the road, in a homemade boat,

 That's the / onlyA thing we got left that'll float,

 It's / Ealready over all the wheat and the oats,

ETwo feet high and risin'.A

CHow high's the water, Mama?

CThree feet high and risin'

CHow high's the water, Papa?

CThree feet high and risin'.

 Well, the / hiveCs are gone, I've lost my bees.

 The / chCickens are sleepin' in the willow trees.

GCow's in water up past her knees,

GThree feet high and risin'.C

DHow high's the water, Mama?

DFour feet high and risin'.

DHow high's the water, Papa?

DFour feet high and risin'.

DHey, come look through the window pane,

 The / buAs is comin', gonna take us to the train

ALooks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain,

AFour feet high and risin' D

EHow high's the water, Mama?

EFive feet high and risin'.

EHow high's the water, Papa?

EFive feet high and risin'.

 Well, the / railEs are washed out north of town,

EWe gotta head for higher ground,

 We / canB't come back, till the water comes down,

BFive feet high and risin'E.

 Well, it's / fivEe feet high and risin'.

Intro

My Mama always taught me that good things come from adversity. If we put our faith in the Lord.

couldn't see much good in the flood waters, when they were causin' us to have to leave home. But when the

went down, we found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom dirt across our land. The followin' year we had the best cotton crop we'd ever had. I remember hearin':