(Chorus intro)

   A

1. We were down in Jackson Square

With a hat full of dollars for the songs we could holler

Everybody round us there

                          A

It don’t get no better than that

                      D

2. But that storm was blowin in

And the water was risin and the wind was gusting

                                                                    A

Like a freight train in the night. It was on us just like that

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           D    

Ain’t no storm – gonna take our New Orleans

                                           A

Ain’t no storm – gonna take our New Orleans

               D             D7               G    

We’ve been knocked down, muddy-watered, driven

           Bb  

from our home

           D              A                  D

Ain’t no storm – gonna take our New Orleans

3. There were people in their homes

There’s a breach in the levee at their homes by the levee

Stranded all alone  in the middle of the USA

4. And that storm was blowin in

And the water was risin and the wind was gusting

Like a freight train in the night. Feelin like judgement day

(Chorus)  (Intro pick)  

Six days no one came

5. People were dying the babies were crying

Abandoned all alone  in the middle of the USA

6. Then some kind folks come along

Brought some good home cookin and a whole lot of lovin

We joined hands and sang this song

With this prayer and harmony

(Chorus)

7. Now we’re back in Jackson Square

With a hat full of dollars for the songs we could holler

Everybody round us there

It don’t get no better than that           

(Intro pick)  (Chorus)

There’s a bull frog on the bank, there’s a bull frog in the pool (rpt)