Key: C ♫ ♫ Intro: C | C | C | C | ♫ ♫ Verse 1: C C7 F You leave Mobile and I'll leave Slidell G7 C Both headed for some Biloxi motel C C7 F C/E Dm7 Where we can be alone and watch the waves rol-lin' in G7 C C7 Drownin' out our shame, we fool ourselves again
♫ ♫ Chorus: F G7 C We know this thing is bound to come to an endin' D7 Dm7 G7 But it sure feels good in the meantime preten-din' C C7 F Fm Hangin' on to a dream that can't come true C Mississippi rendezvous C Mississippi rendezvous ♫ ♫ Verse 2: C C7 F You go back to yours and I'll go back to mine G7 C We've gotten good at actin' like things are fine C C7 F C/E Dm7 He trusts me too much to ask me where I--I've been G7 C C7 And I still feel that gulf breeze gentle on my skin ♫ ♫ Chorus: F G7 C We know this thing is bound to come to an endin' D7 Dm7 G7 But it sure feels good in the meantime preten-din' C C7 F Fm Hangin' on to a dream that can't come true C Mississippi rendezvous C Mississippi rendezvous ♫ ♫ Chorus: F G7 C You gave me what I thought I needed D7 Dm7 G7 We paid no mind to the ones we mistrea--ted C C7 F Fm Now I don't like myself or the foolish things I do C Mississippi rendezvous C Mississippi rendezvous C Mississippi rendezvous ♫ ♫ Outro: C