Levee Gonna Break Chords

KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays491

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.

Transpose
Bb
Text
16
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  			(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 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante