Biography:
Mark Lavon Helm (May 26, 1940-April 19, 2012), better known as Levon Helm, was an American rock musician most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band. Helm was also known for his deeply soulful, country-style voice, and powerful drumming style highlighted on many of the The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "King Harvest", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".
Early years
Helm was born in Marvell, Arkansas and began playing the guitar at the age of eight.
Read more on Last.fm
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Chords by Jon Edward Ferner Diesen
Verse:
A C
Thirty miles out in the Gulf Stream
D A
I can hear them South winds moan
A C
The bridges are lookin' lower
D A
Shrimp boats are hurryin' home
A C
The old man down in the quarter
D A
Slowly turned his head
A C
He took another sip of his whiskey bottle
D A
He looked at me and he said
Chorus:
A C
I was born in the rain by Lake Ponchartrain
D A
Underneath the Louisiana Moon
A C
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
D E
They come around every June
A C
High black water, a devils daughter
D A
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean
A G
But nobody's taught her that it takes a lot of water
D A
To wash away New Orleans
A man came down from Chicago
Gonna set that levee right
It's got to be up about three feet higher
Won't make it through the end of the night
The old man down in the quarter
Said don't you listen to that boy
The water'll down by mornin', son
And he'll be back on his way to Illinois
Cause I was born in the rain by the Ponchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana Moon
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
They come around every June
High black water's like the devil's daughter
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean
But we've finally taught her that it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans
Verse:
A C
Thirty miles out in the Gulf Stream
D A
I can hear them South winds moan
A C
The bridges are lookin' lower
D A
Shrimp boats are hurryin' home
A C
The old man down in the quarter
D A
Slowly turned his head
A C
He took another sip of his whiskey bottle
D A
He looked at me and he said
Chorus:
A C
I was born in the rain by Lake Ponchartrain
D A
Underneath the Louisiana Moon
A C
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
D E
They come around every June
A C
High black water, a devils daughter
D A
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean
A G
But nobody's taught her that it takes a lot of water
D A
To wash away New Orleans
A man came down from Chicago
Gonna set that levee right
It's got to be up about three feet higher
Won't make it through the end of the night
The old man down in the quarter
Said don't you listen to that boy
The water'll down by mornin', son
And he'll be back on his way to Illinois
Cause I was born in the rain by the Ponchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana Moon
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
They come around every June
High black water's like the devil's daughter
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean
But we've finally taught her that it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans
Lewis Dalgliesh
Lewis E Jones
Lewis Lymon & Th (...)
Lewis Mokler
Lewis Motisher