Chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
| G+G | E minorEm | C majorC | G+G |
| G+G | D MajorD | G+G | G+G |
🎸 Verse 1: G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Well, she's born outside of Memphis, just north of Tupelo,
G+G E minorEm D MajorD D MajorD
oh Lord, she's a Mississippi Queen.
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
And just like that big river, oh Lord, she'll pull you under,
G+G D MajorD G+G G+G
she fights fire with gasoline.
Interlude
| G+G | E minorEm | C majorC | G+G |
| G+G | D MajorD | G+G | G+G |
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
The first time that I saw her down at the white water,
G+G E minorEm D MajorD D MajorD
dance across those ancient hardwood floors.
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
And you could tell she had a history with the cigarettes and whiskey
G+G D MajorD G+G G+G
and the boys that had a way with words.
C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G
But I want to make that glorious mistake,
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
she's got the kisses of a thousand angels
G+G D MajorD G+G G+G
and the bite of a rattlesnake.
Interlude
| G+G | E minorEm | C majorC | G+G |
| G+G | D MajorD | G+G | G+G |
🎸 Verse 3:
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Much like my first occurrence with straight Kentucky bourbon,
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oh, Lord, she took my breath away.
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
And when she called me "Darlin'" I started caterwaulin',
G+G D MajorD G+G G+G
oh, I had nothin' else to say.
C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G
But I want to make that glorious mistake,
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
she's got the kisses of a thousand angels
G+G D MajorD G+G G+G
and the bite of a rattlesnake.
Interlude
| G+G | E minorEm | C majorC | G+G |
| G+G | E minorEm | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| G+G | E minorEm | C majorC | G+G |
| G+G | D MajorD | G+G | G+G |
🎸 Verse 4:
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
And when she gets me all alone she strikes the fear of Jesus,
G+G E minorEm D MajorD D MajorD
she sends that fear coursin' through my blood.
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
And when we hit the bedroom, it's always fire and brimstone,
G+G D MajorD G+G G+G
yes, I have been washed in the flood.
C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G
And I want to make that glorious mistake,
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
she's got the kisses of a thousand angels
G+G D MajorD G+G G+G
and the bite of a rattlesnake.
Interlude
| G+G | E minorEm | C majorC | G+G |
| G+G | E minorEm | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| G+G | E minorEm | C majorC | G+G |
| G+G | D MajorD | G+G | G+G |
Outro
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
She's got the kisses of a thousand angels
G+G D MajorD G+G N.C. G7G7
and the bite of a rattlesnake.