Mississippi Kite chords by Kristin Hersh

Chords with lyrics

MISSISSIPPI KITE

album version - CROOKED
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Tuned down a whole step to D-G-C-F-A-D.
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fig.1:
d----0--------0-------0--------|
a-12---12--10---10--8---8--7/--|
f------------------------------|
c------------------------------|
g------------------------------|
d------------------------------|

fig.2:
d--------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------|
f-14b15r14----14b15r14----14b15r14-----14b15r14----|
c-14b15r14-14-14b15r14-14-14b15r14-14--14b15r14-14-|
g--------------------------------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------|

chords:
  G5G5   D5D5    C5C5   A#5A#5   A5A5
d------- -------- ------- ------- --------|
a------- -------- ------- ------- --------|
f------- -------- ------- ------- --------|
c---5--- ---12--- ---10-- ---8--- ---7----|
g---5--- ---12--- ---10-- ---8--- ---7----|
d---3--- ---10--- ---8--- ---6--- ---5----|
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fig.1
You paint your own T.V. on the wall
fig.1
Carve out insects to feed us all
fig.1                     A5A5
Lights flash by and the fast world echoes your  thoughts
   E5E5     D5D5     C5C5    B5B5
Your compass led you to the edge of a lake
E5E5        D5D5    C5C5      B5B5
You'll singe your nuts down there if you take
E5E5     D5D5      C5C5      B5B5
Such bad advice from the love gods of hate
      A5A5
You'll get  cold
            E5E5  D5D5
You get burned, you get cold
C5C5   B5B5     E5E5    D5D5
You get burned, you get cold
C5C5   B5B5     E5E5   D5D5
You get burned, you get cold
C5C5   B5B5     A5A5
You get burned, you get cold
    E5E5     D5D5     C5C5     B5B5
On the plush green rug in the lime green light
E5E5    D5D5      C5C5    B5B5
Eyes like white stones in black light
 E5E5     D5D5  C5C5       B5B5
I promise you everything that you like
 A5A5
I go
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5
Mississippi kite
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5
Mississippi kite
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5 A5A5
Mississippi kite
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fig.2 (x2)

lead 1:
d-------------------------------------5----------------|
a-------------------------0-3-5-5-3-5---5/10--10/12-12-|
f-----------------0---0-2------------------------------|
c------------0--2---2----------------------------------|
g--------0-2-------------------------------------------|
d-0-0-/3-----------------------------------------------|
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fig.1
Gloss assails us, then dims
fig.1
Comic book nights, L.A. grim
fig.1                    A5A5
The Hollywood martians, lucky stiffs, fucking  win
  E5E5       D5D5       C5C5       B5B5
You told me enough times you can't give me enough rope
  E5E5     D5D5      C5C5      B5B5
To hang myself one time but I can always hope
     E5E5     D5D5   C5C5   B5B5    A5A5
You come down on me so hard that I choke and go
            E5E5  D5D5
You get burned, you get cold
C5C5   B5B5     E5E5 D5D5
You get burned, you get cold
C5C5   B5B5     E5E5 D5D5
You get burned, you get cold
C5C5   B5B5     A5A5
You get burned, you get cold
  E5E5      D5D5    C5C5    B5B5
Meanwhile I feed you boric acid and air
E5E5      D5D5     C5C5    B5B5
Lemon drops, snow cream, speckled eggs
  E5E5     D5D5      C5C5      B5B5
The sweat seeps in through a crack in your head
    A5A5
And you go
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5
Mississippi kite
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5
Mississippi kite
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5 A5A5
Mississippi kite
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5
Mississippi kite
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5
Mississippi kite
E5E5 D5D5  C5C5  B5B5
Mississippi kite
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fig.2 (x2)

lead 2:
d---------------------------3---5---5/7-7-7/10-10-7-10/12-12-|
a---------------------3/5-5---5---5--------------------------|
f-----------------0------------------------------------------|
c------------0--2---2----------------------------------------|
g--------0-2-------------------------------------------------|
d-0-0-/3-----------------------------------------------------|
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On the SPEEDBATH version there is a different intro and this is repeated
several times throughout the song, sometimes with slight variations.
(slides are sometimes audible)

d-----3-------------7-----------------------------|
a-3h5---5-3h5---3h5---5-3h5----3h5-7-7h8-8-10-8-5-|
f---------------------------4---------------------|
c-------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------|