Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Verse:
C majorC C7C7 FF
I'm growing tired of the big city lights
FF F minorFm D7D7 G+G
Tired of the glamour, tired of the nights
C majorC E7E7 A minorAm
And I'm always dreaming of roaming once more
D7D7 G+G
Back to my home on the Lake Michigan shore
Verse 1:
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
Days are dark and dreary everywhere I roam
C majorC G+G C majorC G7G7
I miss the Mississippi and you
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
Nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's dome
C majorC G+G C majorC C7C7
I miss the Mississippi and you
Chorus 1:
FF C majorC
Roaming the wide world over
A minorAm G+G G7G7
Always alone and blue, so blue
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
I am sad and weary, longing to go home
C majorC G+G C majorC
I miss the Mississippi and you
Instrumental:
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
C majorC G7G7 C majorC G+G
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C7C7
FF C majorC
A minorAm G+G G7G7
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
C majorC G+G C majorC G7G7
Verse 2:
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
Mockingbirds are singing 'round the cabin door
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
I dream of Mississippi and you
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
Longing for my homeland, on that muddy water shore
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C7C7
I miss the Mississippi and you
Chorus 2:
FF C majorC
I'm roaming the wide world over
A minorAm G+G G7G7
Always alone and blue, so blue
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
I am sad and weary longing to go home
C majorC G+G C majorC
I miss the Mississippi and you
C majorC G+G C majorC
The Mississippi and you