Post-Nuclear War Apocalyptic Blues
2008, Gibson Chase-Pinkney

(Verse I)
The torrents keep on falling
For days at a time
The flood waters rising
With no reason or rhyme
/ E / E / E / E / (no, really)
It washed up the old folks home
it washed up the shore
it washed up the schoolhouse
and the old corner store
I got nowhere to go and nothing to lose
I've got the post nuclear war apocalyptic blues.
/ A / A / E / E / B7 A / E - > B7 / 

(Verse II)
It began four days ago,
early in the morn
The dams began to break
and the floodwaters were born

In the first day the crops were lost
to rot and blighted soil
It started getting hot
like our blood began to boil
I got nowhere to go and nothing to lose
I've got the post nuclear war apocalyptic blues.

(Verse III)
By the second night the cows all died
The goats and the sheep
The old bloodhound passed away
Died in his sleep

Then the walls started to crumble
Everyone moved downstairs
The tables started crashing down
with the beds, the lights and the chairs
I got nowhere to go and nothing to lose
I've got the post nuclear war apocalyptic blues.

(Verse IIII)
Next the ground started to shake
Making a beastly moan
The walls all fell, the ceiling caved
I heard an evil groan.

And I faced the world’s end
One morning in july
Someone let the genie out
And burned away the sky
I got nowhere to go and nothing to lose
I've got the post nuclear war apocalyptic blues.

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