Mississippi You're On My Mind chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I think I see  (D major) a  (G major) wagon rutted road  (D major) 
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With the weeds growing tall  (B minor) 
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between the track (A major) s  (D major) 
And along one side runs a
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 (G major) rusty barbed wire  (D major) fence
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And beyond it sits an old  (A major) 
tar paper shack
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Verse 2

Mississippi, you're on my mind

Oh h, Mississippi you're on my mind

Verse 3
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I think I hear a  (G major) noisy old John  (D major) Deere
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In a field specked with dirty  (B minor) cotton lint  (A major)  (D major) 
And below that field runs a
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 (G major) little country stream  (D major) 
Down there you'll find the
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cool  (A major) green leaves of mint
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Verse 4

Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind

Oh h, Mississippi you're on my mind

Verse 5
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I  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
think I
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smell the  (G major) honeysuckle vine  (D major) 
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It's thick sweetness  (B minor) like
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to make me sick (A major)  (D major) 
And the dogs, my God, ah,
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they're  (G major) hungry all the time  (D major) 
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And the snakes are sleeping where  (A major) 
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the weeds are thick (D major) 

Verse 6

Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind

Mississippi you're on my mind

Oh h, Mississippi you're on my mind

Verse 7
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I think I feel the  (G major) angry
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oven  (D major) heat
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The southern sun just blazin'  (B minor) in the sky  (A major)  (D major) 
In the dusty weeds,
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an old fat  (G major) grasshopper jumps  (D major) 
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I wanna make it to that creek  (A major) before I fry
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Verse 8
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Oh, Missis (G major) sippi you're on my mind
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Missis (D major) sippi you're on my mind
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 (G major) Oh  (D major) h, Missis (A major) sippi you're
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on my mind  (D major) 

Verse 9
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Missis (G major) sippi you're on my mind
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Oh, Missis (D major) sippi you're on my mind
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 (G major) Oh  (D major) h, Mississippi  (A major) you're
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 (D major) on my  (A major) mind
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