Singin' When The Levee Breaks

J.W.Pepper Editor's Choice Arrangement!

This chart combines two well-known songs from 1929--the blues classic "When The Levee Breaks", and the iconic Broadway number "Singin' In The Rain." The arrangement is based on the Led Zeppelin version, with perhaps the most famous drumbeat in rock history. A heavy slide guitar riff completes the stormy sound, against which your singers can let loose their loudest rock belt! This dramatic number would work well either as an opener or a change-of-pace, for any figurative or literal stormy moment.

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Instrumentation: Piano/Synth/Guitar/Bass/Drums/Percussion/2 Tpt/2 Tbn/Alto, Tenor Sax

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Price
$250
Genre
Blues/Funk, Rock, 1970's, 1920's
Voicing
SSA, SAB, SATB
Functions
Change-of-Pace, Opener
Difficulty
Easy
If it keeps on raining, the levee's gonna break
If it keeps on raining, the levee's gonna break
When the levee breaks, we'll have no place to stay

Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good
Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move

Don't it make you feel bad
When you're trying 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're goin' on to Chicago

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart 
An' I'm ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase 
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain!

Keep on raining
I'm singing in the rain
On with the rain
Keep on raining

(Led Zeppelin)

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