Mississippi City Delta Blues chords by Chicago

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate

MISSISSIPPI CITY DELTA BLUES


Intro on:

E7

Verse:

E7               E7+9
I've got a smile
     E7
That I put on
     E7
When I'm not at home
                    E7+9
When I'm not alone
    E7              E7+9
But it is so hard
    E7
To make that smile

Because I know I'll be at home

And alone in a while

And if I look in a mirror

I see my eyes start to tear

I can't help but cry

Since you said goodbye

chorus
            Amaj7   G#m7   F#m7
I've got to hide
          G#m7      Amaj7   G#m7  F#m7
What I'm feeling inside
G#m7           Amaj7   G#m7   F#m7
Can't let them see
           G#m7      Amaj7   G#m7  F#m7
What you'e doing to  me


     E7
So I guess that's what I'll do

Won't let them see through

Won't let them know

That you could hurt me so

  |E7    | % | % | % |

E7                   E7+9
   I've got a laugh
     E7
That I put on

When I'm not at home
                   E7+9
When I'm not alone
     E7
But it is so hard

To fake that laugh

When my insides are crying

And my heart's torn in half

And all the music I hear

And things I valued so dear

Make me feel so blue

They all remind me of you


           Amaj7   G#m7  F#m7
What can I do?
     G#m7     Amaj7    G#m7  F#m7
Our love is through
       G#m7       Amaj7   G#m7   F#m7
And my purpose is gone
         G#m7        Amaj7  G#m7   F#m7
Still I  got to live on
  E7
I guess that's what I'll do

I won't let them see through

I won't let them know

That you could hurt me
 |E7      | % |
so

..slower with brass:

|E7  | % | % | % | % |
                  hey hey ya
|E7  | % | % | % | % |

quicker:
   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^       ^ ^ ^ ^ ^        ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|E7     |F      |E7     |F       |E7     |F      |

   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^       ^ ^ ^ ^ ^        ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|E7     |F      |E7     |F       |E7     |F      |

 E7 Eb7 D7 Db7 C7 B7 Bb7 A7 Ab7 G7 E7........


                Amaj7   G#m7  F#m7
 Now what can I do?
      G#m7       Amaj7    G#m7  F#m7
That I'm coming through
       G#m7       Amaj7   G#m7   F#m7
And my purpose is gone
         G#m7       Amaj7  G#m7   F#m7
Yet  I  got to hang on

   E7
 I guess that's what I'll do

I won't let them see through

I won't let them know

That you could hurt me so

  etc.