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[Verse 1]
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My folks own the land round here
        A                          E         A
And our big old house now for some fifty odd years
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We'd all seen a few rough days
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But I never dreamed I'd watch it all get swept away


[Verse 2]
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No one knows what causes angry rain
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The water rushed right through this town just like a great big train
A                      D   A
Years of hard work and memories
    A                                E          A
Are floatin' down big river on their way out to sea


[Chorus]
D                G         D
After the flood, after the flood
    D                                 A
The land it washed away, felt like my flesh and blood
    A                                F#m
I'd rather be shovelin' through the slush and mud
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Than to leave my home
             D
Where I grew up
          A  E         A
Life goes on after the flood


[Verse 3]
    A                  D          A
The Clover Inn Bar was hit pretty hard
    A                           E       A
The piano's lyin' in the street broken apart
   A                       D      A
My favorite old oak tree's rooted up
         A                      E         A
But I'll plant myself a new one after the flood


[Chorus]
D                G         D
After the flood, after the flood
    D                                 A
The land it washed away, felt like my flesh and blood
    A                                F#m
I'd rather be shovelin' through the slush and mud
                 A
Than to leave my home
             D
Where I grew up
          A  E         A
Life goes on after the flood


[Bridge]
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A place to call your very own
A
Means so much though it's a little soggy
F#m
After all the water's gone
     G                  E             A
I'll scrub it clean and make it home again


[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
    A                         D          A
A natural disaster can't hold nothin' on me
      A                    E             A
Their quakin' out west and freezin' back east
A               D      A
So I think I'll stick around
    A                        E     A
And show a little faith in a weary town


[Chorus]
D                G         D
After the flood, after the flood
    D                                 A
The land it washed away, felt like my flesh and blood
    A                                F#m
I'd rather be shovelin' through the slush and mud
                 A   Asus4  A
Than to leave my home
             D
Where I grew up
          A  E         A
Life goes on after the flood
D                G         D
After the flood, after the flood
    D                                 A
The land it washed away, felt like my flesh and blood
    A                                F#m
I'd rather be shovelin' through the slush and mud
                 A   Asus4  A
Than to leave my home
             D
Where I grew up
          A  E         A
Life goes on after the flood