Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
C majorC G7G7 C majorC G7G7
Refrain:
C majorC C7C7 DmDm FF
I'm growing tired of the big city lights
F/GF/G G+G B7B7 C majorC
Tired of the glamour, tired of the sites
C majorC E7E7 DmDm
I'm always dreaming of roaming once more
D7D7 G+G G7G7
Back to my home on the old river shore
Verse 1:
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
Days are dark and dreary everwhere I roam
C majorC G+G C majorC G7G7
How I long for Mississippi and you
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
Nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's dome
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C7C7
How 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 C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
I am sad and weary, longing to go home
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Yes, I miss the Mississippi and you
Instrumental:
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
C majorC G7G7 C majorC G7G7
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C7C7
FF C majorC
A minorAm G+G G7G7
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
C majorC G7G7 C majorC G7G7
Verse 2:
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
Mockingbirds are singing 'round the cabin door
C majorC G+G C majorC G7G7
While I dream of Mississippi and you
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
And my memories are bringing happy days of yore
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C7C7
I have spent in Mississippi with you
Chorus 2:
FF C majorC
Roaming the wide world over
A minorAm G+G G7G7
Always alone and blue, so blue
C majorC C7/G DmDm Fm6Fm6
Longing for my homeland on that muddy watershore
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Yes, I miss the Mississippi and you
G7G7 C majorC
The Mississippi and you