Louisana 1927 Chords
by Randy Newman
Louisana 1927 by Randy Newman is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D/A, A7/E, D7, Gadd9/B, Em7, A7, D11, C/G, Bm7, Dsus4, D/F#, B7/F#, Em, G7/D, Cadd9, D7sus4, C/E, G/D, G/B, Am7, E, A, D and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
intro
G C G D/A G
C G A7/E D7 G
verse 1
G Gadd9/B Em7
What has happened down here is the winds have changed
A7 D11 C/G G
Clouds roll in from the north and it starts to rain
Gadd9/B Em7
Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time
A7 D11 G C D11
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
verse 2
G Bm7 Em7
River rose all day, the river rose all night
A7 D11 C/G G C Dsus4
Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away all right
G Bm7 Em7
River had busted through clear down to Plaquemines
A7 D11 G C
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
C D11 G D/F# B7/F# Em
Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si- a-na
G7/D Cadd9
They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4 C/E G/D
They're trying to wash us away
C G/B Am7 G D/F# B7/F# Em
Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na
G/D Cadd9
They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4 C/E G/D C G/B Am7
They're trying to wash us away
verse 3 (chords as in verse 2)
President Coolidge come down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a notepad in his hand
President say "Little fat man, isn't it a shame
What the river has done to this poor cracker's land?"
C D11 G D/F# B7/F# Em
Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na
G7/D Cadd9
They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4 C/E G/D
They're trying to wash us away
C G/B Am7 G D/F# B7/F# Em
Lou-i-si-a-na, Lou- i- si-a-na
G/D Cadd9
They're trying to wash us away
D7sus4 C/E G/D
They're trying to wash us away
C G/B A7
They're trying to wash us away
D11 C/G G
They're trying to wash us away
CHORDS E A D G B e
A7/E X X 2 2 2 3
Gadd9/B X 2 0 2 0 3
D11 X X 0 2 1 3
C/G 3 X 2 0 1 3
Dsus4 X X 0 2 3 3
D7sus4 X X 0 2 1 3
D/F# 2 X 4 2 3 2
B7/F# 2 X 1 2 0 2
G7/D X X 0 0 0 1
Cadd9 X 3 2 0 3 3
C/E X X 2 0 1 3
G/D X X 0 4 3 3
G/B X 2 0 0 3 3