This City

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This city won't wash away 
This city won't ever drown 
Blood in the water, and Hell to pay 
Sky tear open and pain rain down 

G 
Doesn't matter let come what may 
Em 
I ain't ever gonna leave this town 
D 
This city won't wash away 
This city won't ever drown 

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Ain't the river or the wind to blame 
As everybody around here knows 
Nothing holding back Pontchartrain 
'cept a prayer and a promise's ghost 

G 
This town's digging our graves  
Em 
In solid marble above the ground 
D 
Maybe our bones will wash away 
But this city won't ever drown 

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This city won't ever die 
Just as long as our heart beats strong 
Like a second line steppin' high 
Raisin' hell as we roll along 

G 
Gentille to Vieux Carre 
Em 
Lower 9, Central City, Uptown 
D 
Singing jockamo fee nané 
This city won't ever drown 

G 
Doesn't matter 'cause there ain't no way 
Em 
I'm ever gonna leave this town 
D 
This city won't wash away 
This city won't ever drown.