Levee Gonna Break Chords
by Bob Dylan
Levee Gonna Break by Bob Dylan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, Eb and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(main riff)
Bb Eb
|-------------------| |------------------| |-------------------|
|-6-6-6s9s8-6-6-6-6-| |----6s9s8---6---6-| |-6-6-6s9s8-6-6-6-6-|
|-7-7-------7-8-7-8-| |-8-8------8-8-8-8-| |-7-7-------7-8-7-8-|
|-8-8-------8-8-8-8-| |-8-8------8-8-8-8-| |-8-8-------8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------| |------------------| |-------------------|
|-------------------|x2|------------------|x1|-------------------|x1
|-------------------| |-------------------| (Play the chord rather lightly
|-6-6-6s9s8-6-6-6-6-| |-6-6-6s9s8-6-6-6-6-| and accentuate the slide,if
|-5-5-------5-5-5-5-| |-7-7-------7-8-7-8-| you wanna sound like the record)
|-7-7-------7-7-7-7-| |-8-8-------8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------| |-------------------|
|-------------------|X1|-------------------|
Bb
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
Eb Bb
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
F Bb
Everybody saying this is a day only The Lord could make