Child Of The Mississippi chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

Chords with lyrics

Intro: A augmentedA

Verse: 1
A augmentedA           D MajorD
Son of river man, muddy water's all I've known
   A augmentedA               B minorBm         E minorEm
I was born out on the banks, Mama died when I was young
E MajorE   A augmentedA            D MajorD        B minorBm
Just before my daddy left, he hollered out at me
         A augmentedA
"Son you're a child of the Mississippi"
                     D MajorD
My schoolin' was a steamboat, and I was educated well
    A augmentedA                   BB        E MajorE
On a sternin' double wheeler, where I learned my rebel yell
     A augmentedA              D MajorD       BB
Then I started roustaboutin' at the age of thirteen
      A augmentedA  E MajorE        A augmentedA
Lord, I'm a child of the Mississippi

    E minorEm                       A augmentedA
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
       E minorEm                        A augmentedA
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
    D MajorD           BB
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
   A augmentedA             F#F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
   BB  E MajorE        A augmentedA
Sweet child of the Mississippi

Verse: 2
A augmentedA                    D MajorD
I know every stretch of river, I know every railroad bridge
      A augmentedA                   BB       E MajorE
From up in St. Paul Minnesota, down south to the Memphis pyramid
      A augmentedA                   D MajorD         BB
Lord she's proud and she's lonesome, and I've known since I was a kid
    A augmentedA  E MajorE       A augmentedA
I was a child of the Mississippi


   E minorEm                         A augmentedA
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
      E minorEm                         A augmentedA
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
    D MajorD            BB
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
  A augmentedA              F#F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
   BB  E MajorE
Sweet child of the Mississippi

Solo
E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA
D MajorD BB A augmentedA F#F#
BB E MajorE A augmentedA

Bridge
   G+G            A augmentedA
Well I sure miss my mama, and I even miss ol' Pa
   D MajorD        BB       E MajorE
But I love that muddy water most of all


    E minorEm                        A augmentedA
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
      E minorEm                        A augmentedA
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
    D MajorD            BB
I was a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
  A augmentedA              F#F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
   BB  E MajorE       A augmentedA
Sweet child of the Mississippi
   BB  E MajorE       A augmentedA
Sweet child of the Mississippi
   BB  E MajorE       A augmentedA
Sweet child of the Mississippi
   BB  E MajorE         G+G
Sweet child of the Mississippi

Outro: A augmentedA A7A7