Mississippi Sand chords by Johnny Cash

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I was born  (D major) down in the
A 
bottoms of the  (A major) flat black Delta land
I grew up picking cotton in
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D 
the Mississippi  (G major) sand  (D major) 
My mama said son take that girl
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and go  (G major) make her your wife
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Or you'll be stuck  (A major) here in
this mud all of your life
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 (D major) 

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Verse 2
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D 
Will the  (G major) water roll it all  (D major) way
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D 
this secret  (A major) that I hold  (D major) 
G 
D 
Will the  (G major) water roll it all  (D major) away will
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D 
it cleanse  (A major) my aching soul  (D major) 
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But a man's  (G major) gotta make it some
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A 
D 
 (D major) time a man's  (A major) gotta take a stand  (D major) 
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Or he'll get left in the Mississippi  (A major) sand
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 (D major) 

Verse 3
A stranger came to town with two
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torn shoes  (A major) upon his feet
Singing songs of sadness picking
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D 
girls  (G major) off of the street  (D major) 
He made a little bit of music
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was a  (G major) leader of a band
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And they call  (A major) him the
muddy Mississippi band
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 (D major) 

Verse 4
My girl was Ruby Colter
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 (A major) and she was on her teens
I took her out to churches to
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D 
 (G major) socials schools an (D major) d things
She was a rose just right for picking
G 
and  (G major) he nipped her in the bud
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And he left  (A major) her here in the
Mississippi mud
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 (D major) 

Verse 5
G 
D 
Will the  (G major) water roll it all  (D major) way
A 
D 
this secret  (A major) that I hold  (D major) 
G 
D 
Will the wa (G major) ter roll it all  (D major) away will
A 
D 
it cleanse  (A major) my aching soul  (D major) 
G 
But a man's  (G major) gotta make it some
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) time a man's  (A major) gotta take a stand  (D major) 
A 
Or he'll get left in the  (A major) Mississippi

Interlude 1

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Verse 6
D 
Then me  (D major) and old Carl we caught
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E 
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him right  (A major) down by  (E major)  (A major) the store
We choked him just a little bit
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D 
 (G major) and held him to the floor  (D major) 
We relived him of his pocketbook
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his  (G major) blood and other things
A 
Now the  (A major) Mississippi man's
no longer mean
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 (D major) 

Verse 7
G 
D 
Will the  (G major) water roll it all  (D major) way
A 
D 
this secret  (A major) that I hold  (D major) 
G 
D 
Will the  (G major) water roll it all  (D major) away will
A 
D 
it cleanse  (A major) my aching soul  (D major) 
G 
But a man's  (G major) gotta make it some
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) time a man's  (A major) gotta take a stand  (D major) 
A 
Or he'll get left in the  (A major) Mississippi