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Build A Levee Chords

(ver. 1)
Natalie Merchant
[Intro]
Am
 
[Verse 1]
Am                  C
  When I was just a little girl
G                  Am
  My mamma said to me
C               G
  Beware of the devil my child
       G                       Am
In the dark rocky places he'll keep
C               G
  Beware of the devil my child
    G                  Am
Beware of his charming ways
Am                     C
  You'll fall under an evil spell
    G                         Am
Just looking at his beautiful face
 
[Bridge]
Dm                           E               Am
  You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Dm                           E               Am
  You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
 
[Verse 2]
Am                         C
   Don't go walking by the riverside
   G              Am
Alone in the pale moonlight
C               G
  He'll come up upon you girl
        G            Am
With no earthy body  in sight
C         G
  Come up upon you girl
           G                   Am
And he'll    whisper something sweet
Am                        C
  Then take you where the waters rise
   G               Am
So high and run so deep
 
[Chorus]
Dm                           E               Am
  You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Dm                       E               Am
  Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Dm                 E7          E7
  Build yourself a levee girl
n.c.                Am
when the waters run high
 
Am  Am  Am
 
[Verse 3]
Am                      C
  Now when I was just a little girl
G                  Am
  My mamma said to me
C               G
  Beware of the devil my child
G                      Am
  But if by chance you should meet
C               G
  Beware of his cold dark eyes
G                        Am
 full of bold and unholy deceit
Am                       C
  He'll tempt you with a whirling pool of
G                         G
  lies and promises He'll deny or
G                    Am
  that he will never keep
 
Am
 
[Chorus]
Dm                           E               Am
  You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside
Dm                 Em                    Am
  Build yourself a levee girl deep inside
Dm                        E                Am   Am
  Better build yourself a levee deep inside
   Dm            E             E
Build yourself a levee girl
n.c.
            when the waters run high
 
[Ending]
Am  Am  Am  Am  Am
            
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