Mister And Mississippi chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Chords with lyrics

MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI
Recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Writen by Irving Gordon

C majorC           A minorAm    FF      G+G
I can't recall my Mother, I don't remember Dad
C majorC         A minorAm    FF     G+G
Mister and Mississippi was all I ever had
A minorAm          C majorC      G+G      FF
Oh, I was born to wander, oh, I was born to roam
C majorC           A minorAm    G+G      C majorC
And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home.

CHORUS
A minorAm          C majorC      G+G      FF
Oh, I was born to wander, oh, I was born to roam
C majorC           A minorAm    G+G      C majorC
And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home.

C majorC          A minorAm    FF       G+G
My cradle was the river, my school a river boat
C majorC          A minorAm      FF      G+G
My teacher was a gambler, the slickest one afloat
A minorAm          C majorC      G+G      FF
His teacher was a gambler, the slickest one afloat
C majorC           A minorAm   G+G    C majorC
He taught me not to gamble on a petticoat.

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C majorC           A minorAm      FF     G+G
Oh! Betty Mae, I love you, I love you Betty Mae
C majorC           A minorAm     FF       G+G
I love you like a barefoot boy, loves a summer day
A minorAm           C majorC        G+G   FF
The way a wand'ring gypsy, loves the changing scenes
C majorC            A minorAm     G+G      C majorC
Just like the restless river, loves old New Orleans.

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C majorC          A minorAm       FF    G+G
I'd love a tiny village, a quite country town
C majorC          A minorAm      FF       G+G
A augmentedA house, a little garden, with kiddies runnin' 'round
A minorAm          C majorC     G+G        FF
I'd be a faithful husband, I'd be a trusting friend
C majorC            A minorAm       G+G    C majorC
Until I heard that steamboat, comin' 'round the bend.