Down The Mississippi chords by Barbara Ray

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Chorus:
G+G                  C majorC
It's a long long way down the Mississippi
    G+G         D MajorD      C majorC D MajorD C majorC
It's a long long way to New Orleans
  G+G                C majorC      A augmentedA
And my daddy plays a mean guitar in some broken town
      D MajorD      G+G
Oh faraway down to New Orleans

Verse 1:
D MajorD             G+G
Daddy never taught me any music
D MajorD                 G+G
Denied me of my chance to play guitar
  D MajorD                G+G           C majorC
So I went North to find a band that learned his style of music
D MajorD                  G+G
Real old fashioned country rock and roll

Chorus:
G+G                  C majorC
It's a long long way down the Mississippi
    G+G         D MajorD      C majorC D MajorD C majorC
It's a long long way to New Orleans
  G+G                C majorC      A augmentedA
And my daddy plays a mean guitar in some broken town
      D MajorD      G+G
Oh faraway down to New Orleans

Verse 2:
D MajorD                    G+G
I've learned to play my daddy's kind of music
D MajorD            G+G    C majorC
Developing my individual style
D MajorD
And soon he's gonna hear me play
  G+G        C majorC
The songs he love so well
D MajorD                  G+G
Real old fashioned country rock and roll

Chorus:
G+G                  C majorC
It's a long long way down the Mississippi
    G+G         D MajorD      C majorC D MajorD C majorC
It's a long long way to New Orleans
  G+G                C majorC      A augmentedA
And my daddy plays a mean guitar in some broken town
      D MajorD      G+G
Oh faraway down to New Orleans

Outro:
    D MajorD      G+G
Way way down To New Orleans
    D MajorD      G+G
Way way down To New Orleans
  G+G
Way down