WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS
(Jimmy Page / Robert Plant / John Paul Jones / John Bonham / Minnie & Joe McCoy)

Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - 1929
Led Zeppelin


If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin'a break,
If it keeps on rainin', levee's going to break
An' when the levee breaks have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep an' moan boy,
Mean old levee taught me to weep an' moan.
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his
home-ah~oh well, ah~oh well, ah~oh well-ah ooh-ooh.

Oh don't it make ya feel bad when you're tryin'a find your way home?
You don't know which way to go.
If you're goin' down South they got no work to do,
If you're goin' on to Chi-cago.
Ahhh~eah, ahhh~eah, ahhh~eah hey hey.

Cryin' won't help ya, prayin' won't do ya no good, no,
A-cryin' won't help ya, prayin' won't do you no good
An' when the levee breaks, mama you got to move ah~ooh-hooh.

All last night I sat on the levee an' moaned-ahh,
All last night sat on the levee an' moaned
A-thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home ahh-hah.

Ohh-oh-oh, ohh-oh-oh, ohh-oh-oh, hahhh.
Ahh-ah-ah, ahh-ah-ah, ahh-ah-ah, ahhh.
Hey! Oh!

I'm goin',
I'm goin' to Chicago.
I'm goin' to Chicago.
Sorry but I can't take you~ahhh.
Goin' down, I'm goin' down now.
Goin' down, I'm goin' down now.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down,
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' do__wn.

Ahhh~oooh~ohh.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down now.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down now.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down now.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down-down-down-down-down
~oooh~ooh~ooh~ooh ooh~ooh~ooh.