Mississippi Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Every step [G]of the way
We walk the line
Your days are numbered
So are [C]mine

[Verse 2]
[G]Time is piling [C]up
[G]We struggle and we [C]scrape
[G]All boxed [C]in
[D]Nowhere to es[G]cape

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
The city's just [G]a jungle
More games to play
I'm trapped in the heart of it
Trying to get [C]away

[Verse 4]
I was [G]raised in [C]the country
Been [G]working in the [C]town
[G]I been in trouble since I
[D]Set my suitcase [G]down

[Verse 5]
[D]I ain't got nothing[Em] for you
[D]I had nothing before
[Am]Don't even have anyt[G]hing
For my[C]self any[D]more

[Verse 6]
[D]Sky's full of fire
And the rain is pouring down
[G]There's not[Asus4]hing you can sell[G] me
So I'll [C]see [D]you around

[Verse 7]
All my [G]powers of expression
And thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice
Reason or [C]rhyme
There's [G]only one [C]thing
that [G]I did w[C]rong
[G]I stayed in Missis[C]sippi a day [D]too [G]long

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 8]
[G]The devil's in the alley
The mule kickin' in the stall
Say anything you want to
I've heard it [C]all
I [G]was thinking about the [C]things [G]that she[C] said
I was [G]dreaming I [C]was sleeping
[D]in you bed[G]

[Verse 9]
Walking through the [G]leaves
Falling from the trees
Feel like a stranger nobody [C]sees
[G]So many thi[C]ngs we nev[G]er will undo[C]
[G]I know you're sorry, well I'm[D] sorry too[G]

[Verse 10]
[D]Some people will offer you[C] their
[D]hand and some [G]won't
[Am]Last night I kne[G]w you, tonight[C] I don't[D]
I need something strong
to distract my [G]mind
[Am]I'm gonn[D]a look at yo[G]u
till my [C]eyes go [D]blind

[Verse 11]
[G]Well I got here, following the southern star
I crossed that river just to
be where you [C]are
There's [G]only one [C]thing
that [G]I did w[C]rong
[G]I stayed in Missis[C]sippi a day [D]too [G]long

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 12]
Well [G]my ship's been split
to splin[C]ters[G]
I's sinking fas
[C]t I'm drowning in the poison
Got no [G]future
Got no [C]past
But [G]my heart is not weary,
it's light and it's [C]free
I've got [G]nothing but affec[C]tion for
those [D]who've sailed with [G]me[D]

[Verse 13]
[G]Everybody's moving if they ain't
already there
Everybody's got to move some[C]where
Well [G]stick with me [C]baby [G]anyhow[C]
Thing[G]s should start to get in
[C]teresting [D]right about [G]now

[Verse 14]
[D]My clothes are wet
Tight on my [G]skin
[Am]Not as tight[Asus4] as the corner[G]
that I [C]painted my[D]self in
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
[G]So giv[Asus4]e me your hand[D] and[G]
[C]say you'll be [D]mine

[Verse 15]
[G]The emptiness is endless
Cold as clay
You can always come back
But you can't come back all the [C]way

[Verse 16]
Well there's [G]only one [C]thing
[G]that I did [C]wrong
[G]I stayed in Missis[C]sippi a day [D]too [G]long
Yeah the only [C]thing that
[G]I did w[C]rong
[G]Was stayed in Missis[C]sippi a day [D]too [G]long
The only thing that I did [C]wrong
Was [G]stayed in Mississippi [C]a d[D]ay
too [G]long

[Outro 1]
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