Child Of The Mississippi chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

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D
B
Bm
Em
E
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F#
F#m
G
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Ab

Intro 1

Verse 1
A 
Son of river man,
D 
muddy water's all I've known
A 
I was born out on the banks,
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Bm 
B 
Em 
D 
Mama died when I was young
Em 
A 
Just be  fore my daddy left,
D 
B 
he hollered out at me
A 
D 
"Son you're a child
Em 
A 
of  the Mississippi"
My schoolin' was a steamboat,
D 
and I  was educated well
A 
On a sternin' double wheeler,
B 
E 
where I learned my rebel yell
A 
Then I started roustaboutin' at
D 
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the age of thirteen
B 
A 
E 
A 
Lord, I'm a child of the Mississippi

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Verse 2
A 
Em 
I was raised on the river,
A 
muddy water gonna carry me home
Em 
She's gonna rock me like a baby
A 
rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
D 
Just a barefoot boy born in
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B 
in       Dixieland
A 
Brought up on the banks
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to be a river man
B 
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E 
A 
Sweet child of the Mississippi

Verse 3
A 
I know every stretch of river,
D 
I know every railroad bridge
A 
From up in St. Paul Minnesota,
B 
E 
down south to the Memphis pyramid
A 
Lord she's [?] and lonesome,
D 
B 
and I've known since I was a kid
A 
E 
A 
I was a child of the Mississippi

Verse 4
A 
Em 
I was raised on the river,
A 
muddy water gonna carry me home
Em 
She's gonna rock me like a baby
A 
rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
D 
Just a barefoot boy born
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B 
in in Dixieland
A 
Brought up on the banks
F# 
to be a river man
B 
E 
Sweet child of the Mississippi

Interlude 1

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Verse 5
G 
Well I  sure miss my mama,
A 
and I  even miss ol' Pa
D 
But I love that muddy wa
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B 
ter most of all
E 

Verse 6
A 
Em 
G 
I was raised on the river,
Em 
G 
A 
muddy water gonna carry me home
Em 
She's gonna rock me like a baby
A 
rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
D 
I was a barefoot boy born in
D#dim 
B 
in       Dixieland
A 
Brought up on the banks
F# 
to be a river man
B 
E 
A 
Sweet child of the Mississippi
Sweet child of the Mississippi
Sweet child of the Mississippi