Key: Ab major
Verse 1
the tide goes out,
The people gather 'round and
they all begin to shout,
Em
D
"Hey! Hey! Uncle Dud,
Em
D
It's a treat to beat your feet
on the Mississippi Mud.
G
D
It's a treat to beat your feet on
Em
G
the Mississippi Mud".
Verse 2
G
E
Lordy, how I'm tellin' you
Am
E
Am
They don't need no band
E
Am
They keep time by clappin' their hand
E
C
Just as happy as a cow
G
E
chewin' on a cud,
A
Em
When the people beat their feet
A
D
G
on the Mississippi Mud.
Verse 3
A
D
C
B
Lordy, how they play it!
E
Em
G
A
C
B
Goodness, how they sway it!
A
A
D
Bm
Uncle Joe, Uncle Jim,
D
Bm
G
D
How they pound the mire
E
Em
with vigor and vim!
D
C
B
Joy! that music thrills me!
E
D
C
B
Boy! it nearly kills me!
A
A
D
What a show when they go!
G
D
Say! they beat it up either fast or slow.
Verse 4
Eb
G
F#
E
tide goes out,
Fdim
Am
E
they all begin to shout,
Am
E
Am
"Hey! Hey! Uncle Dud,
Mississippi Mud.
G
E
A
It's a treat to beat your feet on the
Bbdim
A
D
G
C
Mississippi Mud".
Verse 5
G
Eb
What a dance do they do!
G
Fdim
E
Lordy, how I'm tellin' you
Am
E
Am
They don't need no band
Am
D
their hand.
Am
D
Am
C
Just as happy as a cow
G
E
chewin' on a cud.
Am
D
G
D
C
Am
When the people beat
Am
C
D
their feet on the Mississippi Mud.
Outro 1
G
C
G
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