WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tony Rice - Galveston Flood Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse]
G C G
It was the year of 1900 that was 80 years ago
C G
Death come'd a howling on the ocean and when death calls you've got to go
C G
Galveston had a sea wall just to keep the water down
C G
But a high tide from the ocean blew the water all over the town
[Chorus]
G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
It blew all the people away
[Verse]
G C G
The sea began to rolling the ships they could not land
C G
I heard a captain crying Oh God save a drowning man
C G
The rain it was a falling and the thunder began to roll
C G
The lightning flashed like Hell-fire and the wind began to blow
[Bridge]
C G
The trees fell on the island and the houses gave away
C Gm
Some they strived and drownded others died every wy
[Chorus]
G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
It blew all the people away
[Verse]
G C G
The trains at the station were loaded with the people all leaving town
C G
But the trestle gave way with the water and the trains they went on down
C G
Old death the cruel master when the winds began to blow
C G
Rode in on a team of horses and cried death won't you let me go
[Chorus]
G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
It blew all the people away
[Verse]
G C G
The flood it took my mother it took my brother too
C G
I thought I heard my father call as I watched my mother go
C G
Old death your hands are clammy when you've got them on my knee
C G
You come and took my mother won't you come back after me?
[Chorus]
G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
It blew all the people away
[Chorus]
G
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
Wasn't that a mighty storm
C G
It blew all the people away
