Mississippi Delta Chords by Bobbie Gentry

Tempo:
124.35 bpm
Chords used:

Em

E

A

D

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bobbie Gentry - Mississippi Delta (1967) chords
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[Em]
In my SSI SSI WPI
[E] In [D] my [Em]
SSI SSI WPI
In [A] the middle of
[Em] [E] Mississippi Delta [Gm] [A]
[E] In the middle of Mississippi [Em] Delta
Had a little bit of Johnny Cake A little bit of that Apple Pen doubted
Picking them super nines off a bag of chick-a-bites
Going to be loud and ate me a bucket of mustard
Dancing on the riverbank [D] [Em] after dark
Dropping my line down a waterhole
Doing in this daily flock
Rain, [A] rain, [C#] yay, [B]
[E] yay
In my SSI SSI WPI
In my [Em] SSI SSI WPI
[E] In [A]
[E] Mississippi Delta
[G] [A] Asking for some
[E] love
In the Mississippi Delta
I'm in [D] a state of [Em] state of mind, I'm getting slipped
Watching the morning glory grow in Biloxi on an overnight trip
I got five dollars, we went to that state of peppermint stick on Sunday
Ain't no [D] [Em] use in hurrying up, can't leave till I wake from my nap
[G] [A] One day I'll be in
[G] [A] [B] old��
liquor is on [E] hip-hop
it's just party Simply are
p -p-p-p -arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-
Key:  
Em
121
E
2311
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
Em
121
E
2311
A
1231
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To learn Bobbie Gentry - (Alternate Take) Mississippi Delta chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - A, E, D, Em, A, Em, E, G and A of chords. Begin your practice at a relaxed 62 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 124. With E Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In my _ _ SSI _ SSI _ WPI _
_ [E] In [D] my [Em] _ _
SSI _ SSI _ WPI
In _ [A] _ _ the middle of _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ Mississippi Delta [Gm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ In the middle of Mississippi _ [Em] Delta
_ Had a little bit of Johnny Cake A little bit of that Apple Pen _ doubted
Picking them super nines off a bag of chick-a-bites
Going to be loud _ and ate me a bucket of mustard
Dancing on the riverbank [D] [Em] after dark
_ Dropping my line down a waterhole
Doing in this daily flock
Rain, _ [A] _ _ rain, _ _ _ [C#] yay, _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ yay
_ _ _ _ In _ _ _ _ _ my _ _ SSI _ SSI WPI _ _
_ _ In my _ [Em] SSI _ SSI _ WPI
[E] In _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ Mississippi Delta _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ Asking for some _
[E] _ love
In the Mississippi Delta _
_ I'm in [D] a state of [Em] state of mind, I'm getting slipped _
_ Watching the morning glory grow in Biloxi on an overnight trip _
_ I got five dollars, we went to that state of peppermint stick on Sunday
_ Ain't no [D] [Em] use in hurrying up, can't leave till I wake from my nap
[G] _ [A] One day I'll be in _
[G] _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ old��
liquor is on [E] hip-hop
_ it's just _ _ _ _ party _ _ Simply _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are
p _ _ _ _ _ -p-p-p _ _ _ _ -arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr- _ _ _ _ _
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This song was written by Bobbie Gentry.

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