Mississippi (Roll On Forever) chords by Mel McDaniel

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Verse 1
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Well to skitter some day
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so carry you away in the summertime
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The weeds grow tall and the crickets
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and the frogs sing a lullaby
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The whole town sleeps all day
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in the heat of the summer sun
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So you sit on the bank and watch
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the river run
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Ooh   Mississippi
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roll on forever
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Ooh   Mississippi       take
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me all the way to New Orleans
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Well the willow tree
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sways in the heat all day by the riverside
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When the sun gets high Lord it gets so
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quite you could lose your mind
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So you drink ice tea on the porch
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and you dream of far- a- way
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I'm gonna leave this one horse
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town some day
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Ooh   Mississippi
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roll on forever
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Ooh   Mississippi       take
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me all the way to New Orleans
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Oo h   Mississip
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pi roll on forever
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Ooh   Mississippi
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take me all the way to New Orleans