Down In Mississippi Chords by Mavis Staples

Down in [G] Mississippi, _ _ way down
_ _ As _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] far back as I can [Eb] remember
[G] I either had a plow or a hoe
[Bb] _ [G] _ _
One of those alone, [Eb] nine foot [G] sacks _
Standing at the old turn [Ebm] [G] road _
Down in Mississippi, _ _ _ down in [E] Mississippi
[D] _ [Gm] _
Down in Mississippi, where [G] I was born _
[Eb] Down in Mississippi, where I [F] come from
[G] _ _ _ They _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] had a hunting season on the [Eb] rabbit
[G] If you shoot him, you went to jail
_ [D] _ [Gm] _
[G] The season was always open on me
Nobody needed [D] nobody _
[G] Way down in [G] Mississippi, _ _ down [Eb] _ in Mississippi
_ [F] _ [Bb] _
[Gm] Down in [G] Mississippi, where I [Gm] was born
[Eb] Down in Mississippi, where I [F] come [Gm] from
_ _ [G] I _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ remember I used to walk down that gravel road
_ Walking with my grandma _
Mississippi sun _ beaming down _
_ I went to get some water
My [C] grandma [G] said, youngin'
You can't drink that water
[C]
[G] She said, you drink from that fountain over there
_ And that [Bb] fountain had [G] a sign
Said, _ _ _ for color only
I [C] _
[G] _ was so glad I had my grandma
[Gm] And my papa
_ Naw, I won't leave you out, grandpa
[G] My _ grandpa was so proud of me, y'all
I went down in Forrest, Mississippi one time there
Didn't know no better
[C] But I [G] integrated a washateria
_ _ [C] He was [G] telling everybody
My grandbaby Mavis
She went up in that washateria
And washed her clothes
And all the black ladies
Followed her on up in there _
I'm proud of my grandbaby
I saw many more of those signs as I lived In Mississippi
_ I'm so glad I can say
That I saw every one of those signs
_ Dr. _
_ [C] King saw that every one of those signs
He [G] went down
_ _ [C] Down in Mississippi _
[G] Down _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] in Mississippi
[C] _ _
[Gm] Down in [G] Mississippi
Where I [Gm] come from
[Eb] Down in Mississippi
Where [Bb] I was born
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Down, down in Mississippi _ _ _
Down in Mississippi
_ [Gm] _
Down in Mississippi
[G] Where I _ [Gm] _
_ _ was born
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