Five Feet High and Risin 4/4 John R. Cash Recorded 3/12/59
Standard Tuning Capo 1
Intro: A Strum Once
No Chord
How high s the water, Mama?
Two feet high and risin .
How high s the water, Papa?
Two feet high and risin .
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We can / make it to the road, in a homemade boat,
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That s the / only thing we got left that ll float,
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It s / already over all the wheat and the oats,
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Two feet high and risin .
How high s the water, Mama?
Three feet high and risin
How high s the water, Papa?
Three feet high and risin .
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Well, the / hives are gone, I ve lost my bees.
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The / chickens are sleepin in the willow trees.
Cow s in water up past her knees,
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Three feet high and risin .
How high s the water, Mama?
Four feet high and risin .
How high s the water, Papa?
Four feet high and risin .
Hey, come look through the window pane,
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The / bus is comin , gonna take us to the train
Looks like we ll be blessed with a little more rain,
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Four feet high and risin
How high s the water, Mama?
Five feet high and risin .
How high s the water, Papa?
Five feet high and risin .
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Well, the / rails are washed out north of town,
We gotta head for higher ground,
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We / can t come back, till the water comes down,
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Five feet high and risin .
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Well, it s / five feet high and risin .
Intro: My Mama always taught me that good things come from adversity. If we put our faith in the Lord.
couldn t see much good in the flood waters, when they were causin us to have to leave home. But when the
went down, we found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom dirt across our land.
The followin year we had the best cotton crop we d ever had. I remember hearin :