Chords with lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZwa_X59rzU
Introduction:
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Verse 1:
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Walking down the Levee with my head hanging low,
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Looking for my sweet mama Lord but she ain't here no more,
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I'm here in Misissippi and there's mud all in my shoes
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And the folks in Louisiana got the high water blues
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I swear I'm crying , can't keep from crying
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Mississippi heavy water blues.
Verse 2:
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Standing here a'looking, at all of this mud,
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And my good girl washed away in this Mississippi flood,
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I thought I heard her moan on the Arkansas side
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Come across sweet daddy lord and let your momma ride
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I swear I'm crying , can't keep from crying
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Mississippi heavy water blues
Bridge:
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Momma, Momma your daddy misses you
Verse 3:
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Got lots of mud and water and don't need no water cold
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I just need sweet Momma boys to satisfy my soul
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Lord lord lord she was so kind and true,
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Said no other man could love her like her sweet poppa do
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I swear I'm crying, can't keep from crying
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Mississippi heavy water blues
Verse 4:
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It's hard hard times and my house done washed away
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And I'm crying how long for another pay day
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Lord have mercy I feel the ground a'shakin'
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whole towns a sinking Lord the levees all a'breaking
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I swear I'm crying , can't keep from crying
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Mississippi heavy water blues
Outro:
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Momma, Sweet Momma, your daddy misses you