N-Hold Back The Waters C-Will McLean and Dash Moore A-Will McLean T- S-100 K-G B-3/4 F- H- M-1G-4 S-6 b-5 d-8 d-4 e-8 d-5 b-8 b-8 G-5 G-8 G-4 W-2 G-2 R-4 R-2 b-4 W-3 b-4 d-4 d-4 L- 'Twas in the late Twen- ties that there came a great flood. It drown- ded four H- M-1e-4 d-4 b-4 b-4 d-4 d-4 d-4 R-4 G-4 d-5 d-4 d-8 e-4 d-5 d-8 L- thou- sand, there graves was the mud. 'Twas no- thing could with- stand that H- M-6b-4 G-4 G-4 G-2 R-4 R-2 a-8 a-8 b-4 a-5 G-8 W-2 D-4 G-2_G-2 R-4 L- great ti- dal wave; And the ghosts of the va- nished H- chorus: M-5G-4 G-2 G-8 G-8 G-2_G-2_G-8 R-8 R-2 d-4 e-4 e-5 e-8 L- still cry from the grave Lord, hold back the H- M-5e-4 d-4 c-4 d-4 d-5 e-8 d-4 b-4 G-4 a-4 a-5 a-8 b-4 a-5 a-8 L- wa- ters of Lake O- kee- cho- bee, for Lake O- kee- cho- bee's blue H- M-5G-8 G-5 G-4 G-2_G-8 R-8 R-2 d-4 e-4 e-4 e-4 e-4 d-4 e-4 L- wa- ters are cold. When wild winds are blo- win' 'cross H- M-5d-4 d-5 e-8 d-4 b-4 R-8 a-8 G-8 G-5 G-4 G-8 D-5 D-4 E-8 G-5 G-4 L- Lake O- kee- cho- bee, They're cal-lin' and see-kin' for o- ther poor H- M-1G-2 A-4 @-4 @-5 A-8 B-4 A-4 @-4 A-4 B-4 A-4 @-2 S-6 S-6 L- souls. Oh Lake O- kee- cho- bee's blue wa- ters are cold.