Key: F major•
Verse 1
F
Bb
F
C
Lord why was
Bb
F
Bb
F
When it's so hard to get ahead
Bb
Eb
Why was I born in Mississippi,
Bb
F
When it's so hard to get
Bb
F
Bb
F
ahead
C
Bb
Every black child born in Mississippi
F
C
You know the poor child is born dead
Verse 2
Bb
into the world
Bb
F
black baby cry
Eb
F
When he came into the world
Bb
F
Bb
F
C
Verse 3
F
Bb
He will never speak his lan guage
Bb
F
speak his mind
Lord he will never speak his
Eb
Bb
language
The poor baby will never
The poor child will never
C
Bb
know his mind
Why in the world he's so poor
F
C
Verse 4
Bb
F
When it's so hard to get ahead
Eb
Bb
in Mississippi
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
C
Cm
F
Every black child born in Mississippi
Bb
F
Bb
F
You know the poor child was born dead
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb C Eb Cm
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