Mississippi Goddam - Live chords by
Nina Simone

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

Fuel up

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And, of course a couple of years ago

Verse 2

Four little girls were killed

In Alabama

And at that time we got

the inspiration to do this song

But Dr. King's murder has left me so numb

I don't know where I'm at, really

And of course you heard this song that

was composed by Gene Taylor

Especially for today

Verse 3

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But I hope that between now and

the end of the year

It'll all be together enough

That we will have songs that go

down in history

For these wonderful, brave people

Who are no longer with us

Verse 4

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Alabama's gotten me so upset

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Tennessee made me lose my rest

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Everybody knows about Mississippi,

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goddam!

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Alabama's

Verse 5

gotten me so

upset

Lurleen Wallace has made

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me lose my rest

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Everybody knows about Mississippi,

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goddam!

Verse 6

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Can't you see it?

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I know you can feel it

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It's all in the air

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I can't stand the pressure much longer

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Somebody say a prayer

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Alabama

Verse 7

has got me so upset

And Memphis has made me

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lose my rest

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Everybody knows about Mississippi,

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goddam!

Interlude 1

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Verse 8

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Hound dogs on my trail

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Those school children sitting in jail

F#dim

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Black cat cross my path

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I think every day's gonna

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be my last

Verse 9

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Lord, have mercy on this land of mine

We all gonna get it in due time

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'Cause I don't belong here

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I don't belong there

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I've even stopped believing

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in prayer

Verse 10

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Don't tell me, I'll tell you

Me and my people, just about due

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I've been there, so I know

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You keep on saying, "Go slow"

Verse 11

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Well that's just the trouble

(too slow)

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Washing the windows (too

slow)

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Pickin' the cotton (too

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C#dim

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Nothin' but rotten (too slow)

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Too damn lazy (too slow)

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Thinking's crazy

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(too slow)

Where am I going?

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What am I doing?

I don't know

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I don't know

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Just try

Verse 12

to do my very best

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Stand up be counted with all the rest

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'Cause everybody knows about Mississippi,

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goddam!

Now, you heard him He's one of you

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If you have been moved at all

Verse 13

And

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you know my songs at all

For God's sakes, join me

Don't sit back there

The time is too late now, good

God!

You know? The king is dead,

the king of love is dead

I ain't 'bout to be nonviolent, honey!

Ahaha, woah no

Verse 14

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Picket lines, school boy cots

They try to say it's a communist plot

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But all I want is equality

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For my sister, my brother,

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my people and me

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And I loved him because he believed

Verse 15

He lived by it

Verse 16

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But you lied to me all these years

You told me to wash and clean my ears

F#dim

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And talk real fine just like a lady

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And you'd stop calling

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my mama Aunt Sadie

Verse 17

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Can you hand me another?

Verse 18

But my country is full of lies

We all gonna die, and die like flies

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'Cause I don't trust nobody anymore

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Keep on saying, "Go slow"

Verse 19

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That's just the trouble

(too slow)

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Desegregation (too slow)

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Mass participation (too slow)

Unification (too slow)

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Do things gradually (too slow)

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But bring more tragedy (too slow)

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Why don't you see it?

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Why don't you feel it?

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I don't know

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I don't know

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You don't

Verse 20

have to live next to me

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Just give me my equality

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'Cause everybody knows

about Mississippi

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Everybody knows about Alabama

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Everybody knows about Mississippi, goddam!

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That's it!

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ChordsG Em A D Am...

G
Em
A
D
Am
Dm
C
B
F#dim
Bm
C#dim
F#
F
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Chords

G
Em
A
D
Am
Dm
C
B
F#dim
Bm
C#dim
F#
F
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