Mississippi chords by Bob Dylan
Intro 1
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Every step of the way we
Verse 1
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walk the line
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Your days are numbered, so are mine
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Time is pilin' up,
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we struggle and we scrape
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We're all boxed in,
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nowhere to escape
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Verse 2
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City's just a jungle,
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more games to play
Trapped in the heart of it,
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trying to get away
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I was raised in the country,
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I been workin' in the town
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I been in trouble ever since
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I set my suitcase down
Verse 3
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Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
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Don't even have anything
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for myself anymore
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Sky full of fire,
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pain pourin' down
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Nothing you can sell me,
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I'll see you around
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All my powers of expression
Verse 4
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and
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thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice
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in reason or rhyme
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Only one thing I did wrong
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Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Well, the devil's in the alley,
mule's in the stall
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Say anything you want to, I have heard it all
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I was thinkin' about the
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things that Rosie said
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I was dreaming I was
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sleeping in Rosie's bed
Verse 6
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Walking through the leaves,
falling from the trees
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Feeling like a stranger nobody sees
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So many things that we never will undo
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I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too
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Some people will
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offer you their
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hand and some won't
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Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
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I need somethin' strong to dis
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tract my mind
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I'm gonna look at you 'til
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my eyes go blind
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Well I got here following
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the southern star
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I crossed that river just to be where you are
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Only one thing I did wrong
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Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Interlude 2
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Verse 9
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Well my ship's been split to splinters
and it's sinking fast
I'm drownin' in the poison,
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got no future, got no past
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But my heart is not weary,
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it's light and it's free
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I've got nothin' but affection for all
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those who've sailed with me
Verse 10
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Everybody movin' if they ain't
already there
Everybody got to move somewhere
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Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow
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Things should start to
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get interesting right about now
Verse 11
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My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
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Not as tight as the corner that
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I painted myself in
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I know that fortune is
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waitin' to be kind
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So give me your hand
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and say you'll be mine
Verse 12
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Well, the emptiness is endless,
cold as the clay
You can always come back,
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but you can't come back all the way
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Only one thing I did wrong
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Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Outro 1
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Mississippi
Bob Dylan
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