THE FLOOD
  By Rose Polenzani
  Appears on "Rose Polenzani" (Daemon Records 2001)


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VERSE ONE:
Em  G    Dsus2       Am
I   feel stiff in my knees.

Em G   Dsus2     Am
Danny, mind your momma.

Em       G          Dsus2    Am
Run on upstairs and shut the windows,

     Em G  Dsus2  Am
it's raining.

Em G   Dsus2    Am
Daddy, he'll be home any 

Em      G   Dsus2      Am
minute. You quiet your sister.

Em  G       Dsus2         Am
Someday the wind is gonna shame 

Em  G        Dsus2  Am
    that girl!

Cadd9 G    Cadd9  G
She   will wail   no 

Em  G  Dsus2  Am
more.


VERSE TWO (same chord pattern):
Hush, boy, how many times?
Rock, these walls are, not feathers,
still this could be the weather 
for sailing.
Aim your blows at the river,
keep your crying a secret.
She needs no one to call 
for her...

Cadd9   G  Cadd9  G
streets or children.

INSTRUMENTAL SECTION:
Em  G  Dsus2  Am (4x)
Em


BRIDGE (same chord pattern as verses):
When it hit, I don't know
where my kids are what part 
of this house.
We could swim for it but my 
sweet girl wants to open
her mouth and shout 


VERSE THREE:
Well. I don't know if if I survived,
but Danny says I'm alive,
and if feels nice to hear his voice.
I feel spun like a feather.
I am made of a piece of 
her and Danny
and It feels nice...

Cadd9 G   Cadd9  G
...              yes it does

(verse pattern fade out)

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© 2001 Rose Polenzani/Parhelion Music ASCAP