Mississippi River Runnin' Backwards chords by
Tom Russell

N/A

Key: G major•

Verse 1

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Old Man River, that old man river,

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Bm

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Am

Am

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G

G

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he just keeps rollin' along Mississippi River runnin' backward,

Am

Am

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earthquakes shook the land

D

D

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It happened down here in 1912

C

C

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G

G

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It's happening here again

Feast and famine, y 'all,

fire and flood

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Am

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Abominations, you understood

D

D

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Don't need no Old Testament

prophet to tell me

C

C

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We ain't livin' in the promised land

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G

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D

D

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Everybody sing

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G

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Glow, Gabriel, glow

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Am

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Yeah, glow that ragtime jazz

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Bm

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Em

Em

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Judge Monday comin' down here, y 'all

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F

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C

C

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G

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In the land of the reservataires

I saw a carpet sweeper

Microwave ovens,

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Am

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I saw busted down television screens

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D

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Empty TV evangelist cats

C

C

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With their hair all slicked

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G

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up with grill cream

Now the gospel news, truly real bad news

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Am

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No need to invent all the

doom and gloom

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D

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It's a one -legged race to the liquor store

C

C

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It's a hop, skipping,

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G

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jumping to the tune

Everybody sing

D

D

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G

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Glow, get real glow

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Am

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Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz

Bm

Bm

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Em

Em

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Judgement day is coming down here, y 'all

F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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In the land of the rest of town

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Steamboat whistle blowing

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Am

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underwater

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G

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Everything is backwards

and upside down

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Am

Am

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Baby Moses in the bushes

D

D

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Paddling sideways to higher ground,

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Em

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C

C

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Em

Em

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C

C

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Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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yeah

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Bm

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Am

Am

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G

G

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Old ladies gamblin' inside

riverboat casinos

Am

Am

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Whirlpools swallowin' them down

D

D

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Insurance executives and full

-of -brush salesmen

C

C

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G

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Bushwack tryin' to leave town

But their lifeboats went backwards

up the Mississippi River

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Am

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Through the ancient Missouri South

D

D

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Up through Iowa, Minnesota

C

C

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Into the hands of a righteous God

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G

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D

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Everybody sing

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G

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Blow, Gabriel, blow

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Am

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Blow that ragtime jazz

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Bm

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Em

Em

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Judgement Day coming down here, y 'all

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F

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C

C

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On the land of the resplendent

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G

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Everybody sing, blow, Gabriel, blow

Blow it out now

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Am

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Blow that ragtime jazz

Bm

Bm

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Em

Em

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Judgement Day coming down here, y 'all

F

F

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C

C

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G

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On the land of the resplendent

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C

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In the land of the resplendent

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C

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G

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In the land of the razortels,

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In the land of the razortels.

Outro 1

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