Tony Rice – Galveston Flood chords
Chords:
[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 X