Mississippi chords by Sheryl Crow

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Every stop of the way
we walk the line
C 
Your days are numbered so are mine
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C 
G 
Time is piling up we struggle
C 
and we scrape
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C 
D 
All boxed in nowhere to escape
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Verse 2

The city's just a jungle

more games to play

All trapped in the heart of it trying to get away

I was raised in the country been

working in the town

I've been in trouble since

I set my suitcase down

Verse 3
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C 
D 
C 
I got nothing for you had nothing before
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G 
Don't even have anything
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D 
for myself anymore
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D 
Sky's full of fire and the rain
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is pouring down
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G 
There's nothing you can sell me,
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D 
so I'll see you around

Verse 4
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All my powers of expression
and thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice,
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reason, or rhyme
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C 
There's only one thing
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C 
that I did wrong
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C 
D 
I stayed in Mississippi a day
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too long

Interlude 1

Verse 5
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The devil's in the alley,
the mule kicking in the stall
C 
Say anything you want to, I've heard it all
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C 
G 
C 
I was thinking about the things that she said
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C 
I was dreaming I was sleeping
D 
G 
in your bed

Verse 6
G 
Walking through the leaves
falling from the trees
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Feel like a stranger nobody sees
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C 
G 
So many things we never will undo
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G 
C 
I know you're sorry,
D 
G 
well, I'm sorry too

Verse 7
D 
C 
D 
Some people will offer you their hand,
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and some won't
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G 
C 
D 
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
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I need something strong
D 
G 
to distract my mind
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G 
I'm gonna look at you
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D 
'til my eyes go blind

Verse 8
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Well, I got here following the southern star
I crossed that river just to
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be where you are
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C 
There's only one thing
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C 
that I did wrong
G 
C 
D 
I stayed in Mississippi a day
G 
too long

Interlude 2

Verse 9
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Well, my ship's been split to
C 
G 
splinter - it's sinking fast
I'm drowning in the poison - got no future,
C 
got no past
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C 
But my heart's not weary
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C 
- it's light and it's free
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C 
I've got nothing but affection for those
D 
G 
who have sailed with me

Verse 10
G 
Everybody's moving if they ain't
already there
C 
Everybody's gotta move somewhere
G 
C 
G 
C 
Well, stick with me baby, anyhow
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Things  should start to get in
C 
D 
G 
teresting right about now

Verse 11
D 
C 
Well, my clothes are wet,
D 
G 
they're tight on my skin
D 
G 
C 
D 
Not tight as the corner I painted myself in
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I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
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G 
So give me your hand and
C 
D 
say you'll be mine

Verse 12
G 
The emptiness is endless - cold as clay
You can always come back,
C 
but you can't come back all the way
G 
C 
Well, there's only one thing
G 
C 
that I did wrong
G 
C 
D 
G 
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

Verse 13
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C 
G 
C 
Yeah, the only thing that I did wrong
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C 
D 
G 
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
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G 
C 
The only thing that I did wrong
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C 
D 
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
G 
Woo!