Chords for John Phillips ''Mississippi''

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95.4 bpm
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G

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D

F

C

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John Phillips  ''Mississippi'' chords
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Early in the morning she hitched [F#] a ride down to Louisville
Holding on to a hundred dollar bill
[C] Dressed [F] herself like a baby [G] queen in New Orleans, baby
Yeah, [F] she's a good [G] black lady, [D]
Louisville, yeah
[F] [G] [Gm]
[F] [G]
[C] And he does the city river runs like [G] molasses in the summertime
[C] [F] He's rolling up on [G] a hardwood line
[C] Sleeping on a field in Burbank, [G] sleeping on a city lease, [C] yeah
Don't [F] get me wrong, it's a [G] lot of please, me, third and [C] all
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] As [F] she picked those old [G] feet, she said, yeah
[C] So [F] I said, ooh, I [G] like your dress
[C] Starts all [F] about making people kinda [G] funny, don't you?
[C] She calls her [F] ladies who look [G] daddy funny
[C] Down on the [F] bottom, why you never [G] gonna do what you're doing?
[C] Down on the [F] bottom, why you never [G] gonna do what you're doing?
[C] Down on the [F] bottom, why you never [G] gonna do what you're doing?
[C] Down on the [F] bottom, why you never gonna [G] do what you're doing?
[A] [E] [F]
[F#] [A] [F#]
[A] [D] Early in the morning [G] she hitched a ride [A] down to Louisville
[D] Holding [G] on to a hundred dollar [A] bill [D] Dressed herself [G] like a baby queen [A] in New Orleans, baby
[D] Yeah, [G] she'll be like [A] me, yeah
[D] And the Mississippi river [G] runs like molasses [A] in the summertime
[D] And he's [G] rolling up on [A] a hardwood line
[D] Sleeping on a [G] field in Burbank, sleeping [A] on a city lease
[D] Don't get [G] me wrong, it's a lot [A] of please, me, third and all
[D] Down on the [G] bottom, why you never [A] gonna do what you're doing?
[D] Down on the [G] bottom, why you never gonna [A] do what you're doing?
[D] And she [G] said, hold on, [A] she said, hey
[D] So I [G] said, I like [A] your dress
[D] Starts all [G] about making people kinda [A] funny, don't you?
[D] She calls her [G] ladies who look daddy [A] funny
[D] Down on the [G] bottom, why you never [A] gonna do what you're doing?
[D] Down on the [G] bottom, why you never [A] gonna do what you're doing?
[D] Down on the [G] bottom, [A] what you're doing?
[D] [G] [A]
[N]
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G
2131
A
1231
D
1321
F
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C
3211
G
2131
A
1231
D
1321
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_ Early in the morning she hitched [F#] a ride down to Louisville
_ _ Holding on to a hundred dollar bill _
_ [C] Dressed [F] herself like a baby [G] queen in New Orleans, baby
_ Yeah, [F] she's a good [G] black lady, [D] _
Louisville, yeah
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] And he does the city river runs like [G] molasses in the summertime
_ [C] _ [F] He's rolling up on [G] a hardwood line _
_ [C] Sleeping on a field in Burbank, [G] sleeping on a city lease, [C] yeah
Don't [F] get me wrong, it's a [G] lot of please, me, third and [C] all
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] As [F] she picked those old [G] feet, she said, yeah
_ [C] So [F] I said, ooh, I [G] like your dress _
_ [C] Starts all [F] about making people kinda [G] funny, don't you? _
[C] She calls her [F] ladies who look [G] daddy funny _
_ [C] Down on the [F] bottom, why you never [G] gonna do what you're doing?
_ [C] Down on the [F] bottom, why you never [G] gonna do what you're doing?
_ [C] Down on the [F] bottom, why you never [G] gonna do what you're doing?
_ [C] Down on the [F] bottom, why you never gonna [G] do what you're doing?
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _
[A] [D] Early in the morning [G] she hitched a ride [A] down to Louisville _
_ [D] Holding [G] on to a hundred dollar [A] bill _ [D] Dressed herself [G] like a baby queen [A] in New Orleans, baby _
_ [D] Yeah, [G] she'll be like [A] me, yeah
[D] And the Mississippi river [G] runs like molasses [A] in the summertime _
_ [D] And he's [G] rolling up on [A] a hardwood line _
[D] Sleeping on a [G] field in Burbank, sleeping [A] on a city lease
_ [D] Don't get [G] me wrong, it's a lot [A] of please, me, third and all
[D] Down on the [G] bottom, why you never [A] gonna do what you're doing? _
[D] Down on the [G] bottom, why you never gonna [A] do what you're doing?
_ [D] And she [G] said, hold on, [A] she said, hey
_ [D] So I [G] said, I like [A] your dress _
_ [D] Starts all [G] about making people kinda [A] funny, don't you? _
[D] She calls her [G] ladies who look daddy [A] funny _
_ [D] Down on the [G] bottom, why you never [A] gonna do what you're doing?
_ [D] Down on the [G] bottom, why you never [A] gonna do what you're doing?
_ [D] Down on the [G] bottom, _ [A] what you're doing?
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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