Mississippi chords by Sheryl Crow
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: | G C | G C | G C | D G | x2 Verse 1: G C G C Every step of the way we walk the line G C G C Your days are numbered, so are mine G C G C Time is piling up, we struggle and we scrape G C D G All boxed in, nowhere to escape
Interlude:
| G C | G C | G C | D G |
Verse 2:
G C G C
The city's just a jungle, more games to play
G C G C
I'm trapped in the heart of it trying to get away
G C
I was raised in the country
G C
Been working in the town
G C
I been in trouble since I
D G
Set my suitcase down
Verse 3:
D E D G
I ain't got nothing for you, I had nothing before
D G C D
Don't even have anything for myself anymore
D E D G
Sky's full of fire and the rain is pouring down
D G C D
There's nothing you can sell me, so I'll see you around
Verse 4:
G C
All my powers of expression
G C
And thoughts so sublime
G C
Could never do you justice
G C
Reason or rhyme
Refrain:
G C G C
There's only one thing that I did wrong
G C D G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Interlude:
| G C | G C | G C | D G | x2
Verse 5:
G C G C
The devil's in the alley, the mule kicking in the stall
G C G C
Say anything you want to, I've heard it all
G C G C
I was thinking about the things that she said
G C D G
I was dreaming I was sleeping in you bed
Verse 6:
G C G C
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
G C G C
Feel like a stranger nobody sees
G C G C
So many things we never will undo
G C D G
I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too
Verse 7:
D E D G
Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
D G C D
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
D E D G
I need something strong to distract my mind
D G C D
I'm gonna look at you till my eyes go blind
Verse 8:
G C G C
Well I got here, following the southern star
G C G C
I crossed that river just to be where you are
Refrain:
G C G C
There's only one thing that I did wrong
G C D G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Interlude:
| G C | G C | G C | D G | x2
Verse 9:
G C G C
Well my ship's been split to splinters, it's sinking fast
G C
I'm drowning in the poison
G C
Got no future, got no past
G C G C
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
G C D G
I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me
Verse 10:
G C G C
Everybody's moving if they ain't already there
G C G C
Everybody's got to move somewhere
G C G C
Well stick with me baby anyhow
G C D G
Things should start to get interesting right about now
Verse 11:
D E D G
My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
D G C D
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
D E D G
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
D G C D
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine
Verse 12:
G C G C
The emptiness is endless, cold as clay
G C
You can always come back
G C
But you can't come back all the way
Refrain:
G C G C
Well, there's only one thing that I did wrong
G C D G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
G C G C
Yeah, the only one thing that I did wrong
G C D G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
G C G C
The only one thing that I did wrong
G C D G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Outro: (Fade out)
| G C | G C | G C | D G | x3 Last updated:
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