Mississippi Mud chords by
The Platters

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Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
When the sun goes down,
Bb Bb 
 
the tide goes out,
D D 
 
The people gather 'round
B B 
 
and they all begin to shout,
E E 
 
A A 
 
"Hey! Hey! Uncle Dud,
D D 
 
It's a treat to beat your feet
A A 
 
on the Mississippi Mud.
D D 
 
It's a treat to beat your feet on
the Mississippi Mud".

Verse 2
Bb Bb 
 
What a dance do they do!
D D 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
B B 
 
Lordy, how I'm      tellin' you
Em Em 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Em Em 
 
They don't need  no  band
F#m F#m 
 
Em Em 
 
They keep time by clappin' their hand
G G 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
Just as happy as a cow
A A 
 
D D 
 
B B 
 
chewin' on a cud,
E E 
 
When the people beat their feet
A A 
 
D D 
 
on the Mississippi Mud.

Verse 3
D D 
 
G G 
 
Lordy, how they play it!
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Goodness, how they sway it!
E E 
 
A A 
 
Uncle Joe, Uncle Jim,
D D 
 
How they pound the mire
E E 
 
A A 
 
with vigor and vim!
D D 
 
G G 
 
Joy! that music thrills me!
D D 
 
G G 
 
Boy! it nearly kills  me!
Em Em 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
What a show when they go!
D D 
 
A A 
 
Say! they beat it up either fast or slow.

Verse 4
D D 
 
When the sun goes down,
Bb Bb 
 
the tide goes out,
D D 
 
The people gather 'round
C C 
 
B B 
 
and they all begin to shout,
E E 
 
A A 
 
"Hey! Hey! Uncle Dud,
D D 
 
It's a treat to beat your feet on
A A 
 
D D 
 
the Mississippi Mud.
Bb Bb 
 
D D 
 
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Em Em 
 
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
It's a   treat to
E E 
 
A A 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
beat your feet on the Mississippi Mud".

Interlude 1
D D 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
C C 
 
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
A A 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D D 
 
C# C# 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A

Verse 5
D D 
 
Bb Bb 
 
What a dance do  they do!
D D 
 
C# C# 
 
B B 
 
Lordy, how I'm tellin' you
Em Em 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Em Em 
 
They don't need  no band
F#m F#m 
 
Em Em 
 
They keep time by clap  pin' their hand.
G G 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
Just as happy as a cow
B B 
 
chewin' on a cud.
E E 
 
When the people beat their feet on
A A 
 
the Mississippi Mud.

Outro 1

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