Mississippi River Blues Chords by Leon Redbone

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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ [C] Oh the Mississippi River, _ [G] water so [C] deep and wide.
_ _ [Am] _ [C] _ My thoughts of you [G] keep rising, _ _ just like an [C] evening tide.
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_ [F] I'm just like a _ seagull _ that's left [C] to sea.
_ _ _ [G] All [Bb] your [A] muddy [G]
water keep _ on [C] calling me.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Gonna pack my grippin' hat that way, [Dm] you'll see [C] me hang around again some day.
_ Cause I know that's the only way [G] to live, _ the Mississippi River [C] _ blues. _ _
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I've often ridden on your bosom, _ [G] from Memphis down to New [C] Orleans. _ _
_ _ _ Leaning over [G] muddy water, _ _ flowing through [C] familiar streams.
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_ And when [F] I hear the whistle _ _ of an old _ [C] steamboat, _
_ _ _ _ _ Down the Mississippi [G] River, _ _ _ again I'm going to [C] float.
I'm _ _ _ _ [F] going to pack my grippin' hat that way,
_ [C] You'll see me hanging around again some day.
_ Cause I know that's the only [Bb] way [G] to live,
_ _ _ In meen old Mississippi River [C] blues.
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