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When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

Album: Led Zeppelin IV

genre: Blues Hard Rock Rock

If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break
If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break
When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
It’s got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well

Don’t it make you feel bad
When you’re tryin’ to find your way home
You don’t know which way to go?
If you’re goin’ down South
They got no work to do,
If you don’t know about Chicago

Cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good
Now, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move

All last night sat on the levee and moaned
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin’ about my baby and my happy home

Going, going to Chicago…
Going to Chicago…
Sorry but I can’t take you…
Going down… going down now… going down….

Lyrics added by Isabelle P.

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Led Zeppelin IV Danzig album lyrics
"When the Levee Breaks" is originally a 1929 song by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie.
Song details
  • Publishing: Atlantic
  • Recording: Headley Grange, Headley,
  • Mixing: Andy Johns, George Chkiantz
  • Mix Engineering: Andy Johns
  • Composition: McCoy, Jones, Plant, Page, Bonham, Minnie
  • Vocals: Robert Plant
  • Release Date: November 8, 1971
  • Samples: "Rhymin' and Stealin'" by Beastie Boys
Led Zeppelin performed live "When the Levee Breaks" only a few times in 1975.