Mississippi Sand chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE

Verse 1:
E MajorE                   BB
 I was born down in the bottoms of the flat black Delta land
                A augmentedA      E MajorE
I grew up picking cotton in the Mississippi sand
                  A augmentedA
My mama said son take that girl and go make her your wife
       BB                 E MajorE
Or you'll be stuck here in this mud all of your life

Chorus:
     A augmentedA       E MajorE      BB       E MajorE
Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
     A augmentedA       E MajorE        BB         E MajorE
Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
   A augmentedA          E MajorE     BB          E MajorE
But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
             BB      E MajorE
Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand

Verse 2:
E MajorE                   BB
 A augmentedA stranger came to town with two torn shoes upon his feet
                 A augmentedA        E MajorE
Singing songs of sadness picking girls off of the street
                  A augmentedA
He made a little bit of music was a leader of a band
     BB               E MajorE
And they call him the muddy Mississippi band

Verse 3:
E MajorE            BB
 My girl was Ruby Colter and she was on her teens
               A augmentedA          E MajorE
I took her out to churches to socials schools and things
                     A augmentedA
She was a rose just right for picking and he nipped her in the bud
    BB                E MajorE
And he left her here in the Mississippi mud

Chorus:
     A augmentedA       E MajorE      BB       E MajorE
Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
     A augmentedA       E MajorE        BB         E MajorE
Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
   A augmentedA          E MajorE     BB          E MajorE
But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
             BB      E MajorE
Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand

Instrumental:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE

Verse 4:
E MajorE                  BB
 Then me and old Carl we caught him right down by the store
                  A augmentedA        E MajorE
We choked him just a little bit and held him to the floor
                   A augmentedA
We relived him of his pocketbook, his blood and other things
    BB              E MajorE
Now the Mississippi man's no longer mean

Chorus:
     A augmentedA       E MajorE      BB       E MajorE
Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
     A augmentedA       E MajorE        BB         E MajorE
Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
   A augmentedA          E MajorE     BB          E MajorE
But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
             BB      E MajorE
Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand

Outro:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE