Mississippi Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Mis[C]sis[C#dim]sippi river [A]I'm[G]
[C]goin' down to New Or[Am]leans
[G]About a M, I,

[Verse 2]
crooked letter,
crooked [C]letter, [G]I
Crooked letter, crooked letter, I
[C]Humpback, [C#dim]hump back,[A]
I [G]Missis[E]sippi
Flow[A]in' down to New [D]Or leans
[Bb]And it[G] flows

[Verse 3]
right by my Tennessee home
[C]Where his[G]tory was made by steamboat Bill
[C]M- [A]E- [C#dim]M- P- H- [G]I- S,[Em]
[A]Memphis is the [D]town [G]I mean

[Verse 4]
A way down yonder in [G]the land of cotton
[C]Folks like mine are near- forgot[Edim]ten
What a [A]wonderful thrill, It is to be,
[D]down in Memphis, Tennessee
About a [G]M, I,

[Verse 5]
crooked letter,
crooked letter, I
Crooked letter, crooked letter,
[A]I[G]
[C]Humpback, [C#dim]hump back, I Mi[G]ssissippi[Em]
[A]Flowin' down to [D]New [Gm]Or l[G]eans[Gm]
[C][F][C][F][G]

[Interlude 1]
[A][Dm][G][Baug][A][Faug][Bb][Bdim][Dm][D][G][C]
[F][Dm][Ddim][Dm][F][Bb]
[Bdim][F][Dm][D][G][C][F][Am][D][Am][Abdim]
[G]By the M, [A]I,

[Verse 6]
[C#dim]crooked l[A]etter, I[G]
Crooked letter, crooked letter, I
[C]Humpback, [C#dim]hump back,
[G]I Mississ[E]ippi
Flow[Em]in' [A]down to New [D]Orleans[G]

[Verse 7]
Watch [A]it flow and [Em]ride [G]along
[Em]Where [G]history was made by steamboat Bill
[C]M- E- [C#dim]M- P- H- [G]I- S,[E]
[Em]Memp[A]his is t[Em]he town I[D] mean[G]

[Verse 8]
[G]A way down yonder in the land of cotton
[C]Folks like [Am]mine [C]are near- for[D]gotten
What [A]a wonderful thrill,
It is to be [D]down in Memph[A]is, [D]Tennessee
[G]About a M, I, crooked letter,

[Verse 9]
[G]
crooked letter, I
Crooked [C#dim]letter, c[G]rooked l[A]etter, I[G]
[C]Humpback, [C#dim]humpback, I [Em]Missis[E]sippi
[A]Flow[Eb]in', down to New [A]Orleans
[D][G]