Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Deep
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E
Where cotton's still the king
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E
You can hear those banjos ring
Verse 2
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Em
Might be the muddy water
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Comes in the spring with the rain
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At the end of a ball and chain
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Singing
Verse 3
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Gone in the blink of an eye
Two Mississippi is a lifetime
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The years just drift on by
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M I S S I S S I P P I
Verse 4
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As the evening sun goes down
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When the cattails shake and shiver
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You can hear that lonesome sound
Verse 5
G
water
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Or the old gray ghost in the trees
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Or the scent of the sweet magnolia
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Rising on the breeze
Verse 6
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Em
a long time
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The days just drift on by
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M I S S I S S I P P I
Verse 7
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And the riverboat floats by like a ghost
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On its way down to New Orleans
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The paddle wheel turns the
delta queen
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Verse 8
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Down a road that's got no name
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There's a white cross on the hillside
Verse 9
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G
And when that congregation
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Began to sing and shout
You could hear the rafters rattle
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In the land of the cottonmouth
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Singing
Verse 10
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is a long time
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The days just drift on by
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M I S S I S S I P P I
Outro 1
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G
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Em
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