five feet high and risin — текст песни (cash johnny)

Five Feet High and Risin` 4/4 John R. Cash Recorded 3/12/59
Standard Tuning Capo 1
Intro: A Strum Once

No Chord
How high`s the water, Mama?
A
Two feet high and risin`.
A
How high`s the water, Papa?
A
Two feet high and risin`.

/ A
We can / make it to the road, in a homemade boat,
/ A
That`s the / only thing we got left that`ll float,
/ E
It`s / already over all the wheat and the oats,
E - A
Two feet high and risin`.

C
How high`s the water, Mama?
C
Three feet high and risin`
C
How high`s the water, Papa?
C
Three feet high and risin`.

/ C
Well, the / hives are gone, I`ve lost my bees.
/ C
The / chickens are sleepin` in the willow trees.
G
Cow`s in water up past her knees,
G - C
Three feet high and risin`.

D
How high`s the water, Mama?
D
Four feet high and risin`.
D
How high`s the water, Papa?
D
Four feet high and risin`.

D
Hey, come look through the window pane,
/ A
The / bus is comin`, gonna take us to the train
A
Looks like we`ll be blessed with a little more rain,
A - D
Four feet high and risin`

E
How high`s the water, Mama?
E
Five feet high and risin`.
E
How high`s the water, Papa?
E
Five feet high and risin`.

/ E
Well, the / rails are washed out north of town,
E
We gotta head for higher ground,
/ B
We / can`t come back, till the water comes down,
B - E
Five feet high and risin`.
/ E
Well, it`s / five feet high and risin`.


Intro: My Mama always taught me that good things come from adversity. If we put our faith in the Lord. We couldn`t see much good in the flood waters, when they were causin` us to have to leave home. But when the water 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`: