Mississippi chords by The Chicks
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Intro 1
(G major) (F major)
(G major)
Verse 1
Every step of the way (G major)
We walk the line
Your days are numbered
So are (C major) mine
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Verse 2
(G major) Time is piling up (C major)
(G major) We struggle and we scrape (C major)
(G major) All boxed in (C major)
Nowhere (D major) to escape (G major)
Interlude 1
(G major)
Verse 3
The city's just a jungle (G major)
More games to play
I'm trapped in the heart of it
Trying to get away (C major)
Verse 4
I was (G major) raised in the country (C major)
Been (G major) working in the town (C major)
(G major) I been in trouble since I
Set (D major) my suitcase (G major) down
Verse 5
(D major) I ain't got noth (E minor) ing for you
(D major) I had nothing before
(A minor) Don't even have (G major) anything
For my (C major) self any (D major) more
Verse 6
(D major) Sky's full of fire
And the rain is pouring down
(G major) There's (Asus4) nothing you can sell (G major) me
So I'll (C major) see you around (D major)
Verse 7
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 long (G major)
Interlude 2
(G major)
Verse 8
The (G major) devil's in the alley
The mule kickin' in the stall
Say anything you want to
I've heard it (C major) all
I was (G major) thinking about the (C major) things (G major) that she said (C major)
I was (G major) dreaming I was sleeping (C major)
(D major) in you bed (G major)
Verse 9
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 un (C major) do
(G major) I know you're sorry, well I'm (D major) sorry too (G major)
Verse 10
(D major) Some people will offer you (C major) their
(D major) hand and some won't (G major)
(A minor) Last night I knew (G major) you, to (C major) night I don't (D major)
I need something strong
to distract my mind (G major)
(A minor) I'm (D major) gonna look (G major) at you
till my eye (C major) s go blind (D major)
Verse 11
(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 long (G major)
Interlude 3
(G major)
Verse 12
Well my ship's (G major) been split
to splin (C major) ters (G major)
I's sinking fas
(C major) t I'm drowning in the poison
Got no (G major) future
Got no (C major) past
But my (G major) heart is not weary,
it's light and it's free (C major)
I've got (G major) nothing but affec (C major) tion for
those who've (D major) sailed with (G major) me (D major)
Verse 13
(G major) Everybody's moving if they ain't
already there
Everybody's got to move somewhere (C major)
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 14
(D major) My clothes are wet
Tight on my skin (G major)
(A minor) Not as (Asus4) tight as the (G major) corner
that I painted (C major) my (D major) self in
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
(G major) So (Asus4) give me your (D major) hand (G major) and
(C major) say you'll be mine (D major)
Verse 15
(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)
Verse 16
Well there's (G major) only one (C major) thing
(G major) that I did wrong (C major)
I stayed (G major) in Missis (C major) sippi a day (D major) too long (G major)
Yeah the only thing (C major) that
I (G major) did wrong (C major)
Was stayed (G major) in Missis (C major) sippi a day (D major) too long (G major)
The only thing that I did wrong (C major)
Was (G major) stayed in Mississippi (C major) a day (D major)
too long (G major)
Outro 1
(G major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
(G major)
Mississippi
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