Mississippi chords by Sheryl Crow
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Intro 1
(G major)
(C major)
Verse 1
(G major) Every stop of the way
we walk the line
Your days are numbered so are mine (C major)
(G major) Time is pil (C major) ing up we struggle (G major)
and we scrape (C major)
(G major) All boxed in (C major) nowhere (D major) 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 (C major)
I was (G major) raised in the (C major) country been
(G major) working in the town (C major)
(G major) I've been in trouble (C major) since
I (D major) set my suitcase (G major) down
Verse 3
(D major) I got nothing (C major) for you had (D major) nothing before (C major)
(D major) Don't even have (G major) anything
for my (C major) self any (D major) more
Sky's full of (C major) fire and the rain (D major)
is pouring down (C major)
There's (D major) nothing you can sell (G major) me,
so I'll (C major) see you around (D major)
Verse 4
All my (G major) powers of expression
and thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice,
reason, or (C major) rhyme
There's (G major) only one (C major) thing
that I (G major) did wrong (C major)
I stayed (G major) in Missis (C major) sippi a day (D major)
too (G major) long
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
The (G major) devil's in the alley,
the mule kicking in the stall
Say anything you want to, I've heard it (C major) all
I was (G major) thinking about the things (C major) (G major) that she said (C major)
I was (G major) dreaming I was (C major) sleeping
(D major) in your bed (G major)
Verse 6
Walking through the leaves (G major)
falling from the trees
Feel like a stranger nobody sees (C major)
(G major) So many (C major) things we (G major) never will undo
(C major) (G major) I know you're sorry, (C major)
well, I'm (D major) sorry too (G major)
Verse 7
(D major) Some people will of (C major) fer you their hand, (D major)
and some won't (G major)
(D major) Last night I knew (G major) you, to (C major) night I don't (D major)
I need something (C major) strong
to dis (D major) tract my mind (G major)
(D major) I'm gonna look (G major) at you
'til my (C major) eyes go blind (D major)
Verse 8
(G major) Well, I got here following the southern star
I crossed that river just to
be where you (C major) are
There's (G major) only one (C major) thing
that I (G major) did wrong (C major)
I stayed (G major) in Missis (C major) sippi a day (D major)
too (G major) long
Interlude 2
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Verse 9
Well, my ship's (G major) been split to
splinter (C major) - it's (G major) sinking fast
I'm drowning in the poison - got no future,
got no (C major) past
But my (G major) heart's not (C major) weary
- it's (G major) light and it's free (C major)
I've got (G major) nothing but affection (C major) for those
who (D major) have sailed with (G major) me
Verse 10
Everybody's moving if they (G major) ain't
already there
Everybody's gotta move some (C major) where
Well, stick (G major) with me (C major) baby, (G major) anyhow (C major)
Thing (G major) s should start to get in
(C major) teresting right (D major) about now (G major)
Verse 11
Well, (D major) my clothes are (C major) wet,
they're tight (D major) on my skin (G major)
(D major) Not tight as the (G major) corner I painted (C major) myself (D major) in
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind (G major)
So (D major) give me your hand (G major) and
say (C major) you'll be mine (D major)
Verse 12
(G major) The emptiness is endless - cold as clay
You can always come back,
but you can't come back all the way (C major)
Well, there's (G major) only one thing (C major)
that I (G major) did wrong (C major)
I stayed (G major) in Missis (C major) sippi a day (D major) too long (G major)
Verse 13
Yeah, the (G major) only thing (C major) that I (G major) did wrong (C major)
I stayed (G major) in Missis (C major) sippi a day (D major) too (G major) long
The only thing (C major) that I (G major) did wrong (C major)
I stayed (G major) in Missis (C major) sippi a day (D major) too long
(G major) Woo!
Outro 1
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Mississippi
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