Tupelo Mississippi Flash chords by Tom Jones

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Verse 1
G 
He said:
C 
Son my name is Boregard Rippy
I come to you from Tupelo Mississippi
D 
I write songs that'll sing like a bird
G 
I play licks on my guitar
Like you ain't never heard

Verse 2
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But I'm down on my luck
And things are just a little slack
C 
I gotta quarter in my pocket
And a shirt on my back
D 
You buy me some supper
And give me a place I can sleep
G 
He said: I'll sing you some songs
That'll rock your head to sleep
C 
I got talent boy
D 
Said back home they call me

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Interlude 1

The Tupelo Mississippi Flash

Verse 3

Well, I knew I was in a room

With some kind of a nut

When he pulled out that pack

Of used cigarette butts

Verse 4

So that's when I told him

"We can't use you today"

So I handed the boy a dollar

And sent him on his way

Verse 5
Ab 
Well, the boss got back
And we both had a laugh
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When I told him
'Bout the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
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And pretty soon I had the
story circling around
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About this Mississippi nut
That we had in our town

Verse 6

I said, Watch

him everybody

The boy's squirrely

He walks around calling himself

Interlude 2

The Tupelo Mississippi Flash

Verse 7
A 
Well, it happened one day
While I was driving to my home
D 
I just happened to have my car radio on
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When I heard the jockey raving about
A brand new smash
A 
By a kid called

Verse 8

The Tupelo Mississippi Flash

I almost wrecked my automobile

I went through a red light

I hit the traffic cop

Verse 9
A 
Well, my story's got an ending
And it's short and sweet
D 
The boss man he fired me
And left me out in the street
A 
E 
But I got a new job now
And I'm as learnin' real fast
D 
A 
I'm drivin' the bus

Verse 10
For the Tupelo Mississippi Flash
A 
D 
And his Cadillac
I'm driving that for him too
E 
And that yacht he's got
A 
And is there a plane??
D 
Well, chauffeur, show good I always say
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Tupelo Mississippi,
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D 
who ever heard of it