Tupelo Mississippi Flash Chords by Jerry Reed
Tempo:
82.15 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Am
C
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] I'm gonna tell you a story that's all [C] about [G] this job I had one time as a town scout.
Hmm?
I'd had a hard day at the office and the boss [Dm] wasn't in town.
[C] The day this higher legged guitar picker just happened to come around.
[G] Well he walks into my office with a great big [C] grin.
[Am] [Gm] And folks that's where my story really began.
[G] [Gm] [G] He said, son, my name is Beauregard Rippey.
[C] I come to you from Tupelo, Mississippi.
[D] I write songs and I sing like [G] a bird.
I play licks on my guitar like you ain't never heard.
But I'm down on my luck, things are just a little slack.
I [C] got a quarter in my pocket and a shirt on my back.
But [D] you buy me some supper, give me a place I can [G] sleep.
Said I'll sing you some songs and knock your head in the creek.
I got [C] talent, boy.
[D] Sit back, hold me, call me the Tupelo, [G] Mississippi flag.
[F] [Ab]
[D] [Ab] Well I knew I was in a room with some kind of a nut [Db] when he pulled out that pack of used cigarette money.
[Bbm] So that's when I told him we can't use you today.
[Ab] So I hand the boy a dollar and I sent him on his way.
Well the boss got back and we both had a laugh [Db] when I told him about the Tupelo, Mississippi flag.
[Eb] And pretty soon I had the story circulating around [Abm] about this Mississippi nut that we
had in our town.
I [Db] said, watch him everybody.
The boy swirly.
[Bbm] He walks around, [Eb] calls himself the Tupelo, Mississippi [Abm] flag.
[Ab] [Ebm] [B] [A]
[B] [Dm] [A] [Am] Well and it happened one day while I was driving to my home, [D] I just happened to have my car radio on.
[Bm] When I heard a jockey raving about a brand new smash [Am] by a kid called the Tupelo, Mississippi
flag, [D] well I almost wrecked my automobile.
[E] I went through red lights.
I hit a traffic [A] cop.
[Am] Why?
Well my story's got an ending and it's short and sweet.
[D] The boss man, he fired me and left me out in the street.
[E] But I got a new job now and I'm learning real fast.
I'm driving [Am] the buzzer for the Tupelo, Mississippi flag.
[D] And his Cadillac, I'm driving that for him too.
[E] And that yacht he's got [Bm] [Am] and his aeroplane.
Well, so far [D] so good I always say.
The Tupelo, [E] Mississippi, whoever heard of it.
[Am]
Hmm?
I'd had a hard day at the office and the boss [Dm] wasn't in town.
[C] The day this higher legged guitar picker just happened to come around.
[G] Well he walks into my office with a great big [C] grin.
[Am] [Gm] And folks that's where my story really began.
[G] [Gm] [G] He said, son, my name is Beauregard Rippey.
[C] I come to you from Tupelo, Mississippi.
[D] I write songs and I sing like [G] a bird.
I play licks on my guitar like you ain't never heard.
But I'm down on my luck, things are just a little slack.
I [C] got a quarter in my pocket and a shirt on my back.
But [D] you buy me some supper, give me a place I can [G] sleep.
Said I'll sing you some songs and knock your head in the creek.
I got [C] talent, boy.
[D] Sit back, hold me, call me the Tupelo, [G] Mississippi flag.
[F] [Ab]
[D] [Ab] Well I knew I was in a room with some kind of a nut [Db] when he pulled out that pack of used cigarette money.
[Bbm] So that's when I told him we can't use you today.
[Ab] So I hand the boy a dollar and I sent him on his way.
Well the boss got back and we both had a laugh [Db] when I told him about the Tupelo, Mississippi flag.
[Eb] And pretty soon I had the story circulating around [Abm] about this Mississippi nut that we
had in our town.
I [Db] said, watch him everybody.
The boy swirly.
[Bbm] He walks around, [Eb] calls himself the Tupelo, Mississippi [Abm] flag.
[Ab] [Ebm] [B] [A]
[B] [Dm] [A] [Am] Well and it happened one day while I was driving to my home, [D] I just happened to have my car radio on.
[Bm] When I heard a jockey raving about a brand new smash [Am] by a kid called the Tupelo, Mississippi
flag, [D] well I almost wrecked my automobile.
[E] I went through red lights.
I hit a traffic [A] cop.
[Am] Why?
Well my story's got an ending and it's short and sweet.
[D] The boss man, he fired me and left me out in the street.
[E] But I got a new job now and I'm learning real fast.
I'm driving [Am] the buzzer for the Tupelo, Mississippi flag.
[D] And his Cadillac, I'm driving that for him too.
[E] And that yacht he's got [Bm] [Am] and his aeroplane.
Well, so far [D] so good I always say.
The Tupelo, [E] Mississippi, whoever heard of it.
[Am]
Key:
D
G
Am
C
Ab
D
G
Am
[D] _ I'm gonna tell you a story that's all [C] about [G] this job I had one time as a town scout.
Hmm?
I'd had a hard day at the office and the boss [Dm] wasn't in town.
[C] The day this higher legged guitar picker just happened to come around.
[G] _ _ Well he walks into my office with a great big [C] grin.
[Am] [Gm] And folks that's where my story really began. _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ He said, son, my name is Beauregard Rippey.
[C] I come to you from Tupelo, Mississippi.
[D] I write songs and I sing like [G] a bird.
I play licks on my guitar like you ain't never heard.
But I'm down on my luck, things are just a little slack.
I [C] got a quarter in my pocket and a shirt on my back.
But [D] you buy me some supper, give me a place I can [G] sleep.
Said I'll sing you some songs and knock your head in the creek.
I got [C] talent, boy.
_ _ [D] Sit back, hold me, call me the Tupelo, [G] Mississippi flag.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Well I knew I was in a room with some kind of a nut [Db] when he pulled out that pack of used cigarette money.
[Bbm] So that's when I told him we can't use you today.
[Ab] So I hand the boy a dollar and I sent him on his way.
Well the boss got back and we both had a laugh [Db] when I told him about the Tupelo, Mississippi flag.
[Eb] And pretty soon I had the story circulating around [Abm] about this Mississippi nut that we
had in our town.
I [Db] said, watch him everybody.
The boy swirly.
[Bbm] He walks around, [Eb] calls himself the Tupelo, Mississippi [Abm] flag.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ [B] _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] Well and it happened one day while I was driving to my home, [D] I just happened to have my car radio on.
[Bm] When I heard a jockey raving about a brand new smash [Am] by a kid called the Tupelo, Mississippi
flag, [D] well I almost wrecked my automobile.
_ [E] I went through red lights.
I hit a traffic [A] cop.
[Am] Why?
Well my story's got an ending and it's short and sweet.
[D] The boss man, he fired me and left me out in the street.
[E] But I got a new job now and I'm learning real fast.
I'm driving [Am] the buzzer for the Tupelo, Mississippi flag.
_ [D] And his Cadillac, I'm driving that for him too.
[E] And that yacht he's got [Bm] [Am] and his aeroplane.
_ Well, so far [D] so good I always say.
The Tupelo, [E] Mississippi, whoever heard of it.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hmm?
I'd had a hard day at the office and the boss [Dm] wasn't in town.
[C] The day this higher legged guitar picker just happened to come around.
[G] _ _ Well he walks into my office with a great big [C] grin.
[Am] [Gm] And folks that's where my story really began. _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ He said, son, my name is Beauregard Rippey.
[C] I come to you from Tupelo, Mississippi.
[D] I write songs and I sing like [G] a bird.
I play licks on my guitar like you ain't never heard.
But I'm down on my luck, things are just a little slack.
I [C] got a quarter in my pocket and a shirt on my back.
But [D] you buy me some supper, give me a place I can [G] sleep.
Said I'll sing you some songs and knock your head in the creek.
I got [C] talent, boy.
_ _ [D] Sit back, hold me, call me the Tupelo, [G] Mississippi flag.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Well I knew I was in a room with some kind of a nut [Db] when he pulled out that pack of used cigarette money.
[Bbm] So that's when I told him we can't use you today.
[Ab] So I hand the boy a dollar and I sent him on his way.
Well the boss got back and we both had a laugh [Db] when I told him about the Tupelo, Mississippi flag.
[Eb] And pretty soon I had the story circulating around [Abm] about this Mississippi nut that we
had in our town.
I [Db] said, watch him everybody.
The boy swirly.
[Bbm] He walks around, [Eb] calls himself the Tupelo, Mississippi [Abm] flag.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ [B] _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] Well and it happened one day while I was driving to my home, [D] I just happened to have my car radio on.
[Bm] When I heard a jockey raving about a brand new smash [Am] by a kid called the Tupelo, Mississippi
flag, [D] well I almost wrecked my automobile.
_ [E] I went through red lights.
I hit a traffic [A] cop.
[Am] Why?
Well my story's got an ending and it's short and sweet.
[D] The boss man, he fired me and left me out in the street.
[E] But I got a new job now and I'm learning real fast.
I'm driving [Am] the buzzer for the Tupelo, Mississippi flag.
_ [D] And his Cadillac, I'm driving that for him too.
[E] And that yacht he's got [Bm] [Am] and his aeroplane.
_ Well, so far [D] so good I always say.
The Tupelo, [E] Mississippi, whoever heard of it.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _