Melody modified from the tune of “God gave Noah the Rainbow sign”

by Carter Family, 1927

Original was probably by that most prolific songwriter of all: P.D. Trad

You Tube recording of Carter Family singing the original melody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgBDkuFAxE

Words by: Blind Howling Sawtooth, July, 2017, Montana

Select verses to sing as desired. Repeat chorus after every verse if performed as a sing-along (recommended), otherwise repeat chorus after pairs of verses as shown.

C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G7

Coastal flooding, inland fires,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Coastal flooding, inland fires,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Coastal flooding, inland fires,

. . . . . . . . C . . . . G7 . . C

How can you believe deniers?

C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G7

Burn that petro, burn that coal,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Burn that petro, burn that coal,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Burn that petro, burn that coal,

. . . . . . . . . C . . . . . G7 . . . . C

You gotta reap just what you sow.

Chorus:

C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G7

Fires in the mountains, flooding in the valleys,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Fires in the mountains, flooding in the valleys,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Fires in the mountains, flooding in the valleys,

. . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . G7 . . . . . . C

Gonna be the fires and the floods next time.

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