One Mississippi chords by Janis Ian
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Intro 1
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Deep
in the heart of Dixie (D minor)
Where (G major) cotton's still the king (D major)
If you slide on down to the (D minor) delta
You can (G major) hear those banjos (D major) ring
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Verse 2
(D major) Might be the muddy wa (D minor) ter
(G major) Comes in the spring with the (D major) rain
Or a (D minor) poor boy down on parchment farm
At the (G major) end of a (G minor) ball and (D minor) chain
Singing (D major)
Verse 3
one Mississippi is a long time (D minor)
(F major) Gone in the (D minor) blink of an eye (D major)
Two Mississippi is a lifetime
(D minor) The (F major) years just (G major) drift on (D major) by
M I S S I (D minor) S S (G major) I (D minor) P P (D major) I
Verse 4
(D minor)
(D major) If you stand on the banks of the river
(D minor) As the (F major) evening (G major) sun goes (D major) down
When the (D minor) cattails (D major) shake and shiver
You can (G major) hear that lone (G minor) some (D minor) sound (D major)
Might be the (D minor) moon on the
Verse 5
(F major) water
(D minor) Or the (G major) old gray ghost in the (D major) trees
Or the (D minor) scent of the sweet magnolia (C major)
(G major) Rising (G minor) on the (D major) breeze
Verse 6
Singing one Mississippi is (D major)
a long time (D minor) (F major) (G major) (D major) (D minor)
The (F major) days just (G major) drift on (D major) by
M I (D minor) S S I S S (G major) I (F major) P P (D minor) I (D major)
Verse 7
And the (G major) (D major) riverboat floats by (G major) like (D minor) a ghost
(D major) On its (G major) way (F major) down to New (G major) Orleans (D major)
The (G major) paddle (D major) wheel turns the
(D minor) coal smoke burns
From the heart (G major) of the
delta queen
(D major) (D minor)
Verse 8
(D major)
If you head on (D minor) past the levee
Down a (G major) road that's got no name (D minor)
There's a (D major) white cross (D minor) on the hillside
And the (G major) sign says 'Jesus
(D major) Saves'
Verse 9
(D major) And when that (D minor) congreg (F major) ation
(G major) Began to sing (G minor) and (D minor) shout
You could hear the rafters rattle
(D major) In the (G major) land of the (G minor) (D minor) cottonmouth
Singing (D major)
Verse 10
(D minor) one Mississippi
is a long time (F major) (G major)
The (D major) (D minor) days just drift on by
(D major) M I (D minor) S S (F major) I S S (G major) I (D major) P P I
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One Mississippi
Janis Ian
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