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Key: A#b
Intro:
C# G# D# G#
Verse 1:
G# C# G#
Way up on the Erie they like their chops so fat
C# G# D#
I've seen the League of Women lick their fingers like a cat
G# C# G#
While out in California they like their soya beans
C# G# D# G#
I pretty much eat anything from soup to turnip greens
Verse 2:
G# Cm
I try to treat my neighbors like I like them to treat me
C# G# D#
Even when they got that dog and cut down that tree
G# C# G#
I hate that barking dog I miss that old oak everyday
C# Cm A#m G#
But I don't expect everyone to see the world my way
Verse 3:
G# Cm
Now the truth is hard to swallow it's hard to take
C# G# D#
But I do beliеve we've brokеn what we never knew could break
Fm C# G#
I'm just so disappointed in me and you
C# Cm A#m G#
But we can't even argue so what else can we do
Chorus:
G#
So fill 'em up once again boys
Cm
Fill 'em up and over the brim boys
C# G# D#
There's whiskey but the water's done run dry
Fm
So we're drinking to the end
C# G#
Of a long long friend
C# D# Fm
And the day the mighty Mississippi died
Interlude:
C# D# G# Cm C# G# D# Fm
C# G# C# D# Fm
Verse 4:
G# Cm
Now the other day I saw a living picture torn from Hell
C# G# D#
Taken down in Kensington a place you all know well
Fm C# G#
I saw demons laughing, breaking people just for play
C# Cm A#m G#
I cried at the table then I put my tears away
Verse 5:
G# Cm
I dug my hands deep into the black Mother Earth
C# G# D#
Tried to raise my spirits up for what it's worth
Fm C# G#
You laughed and said "Aw honey, now what did you expect "
C# Cm A#m G#
Not these tears and nightmare years where madness goes unchecked
Chorus:
G#
Oh fill 'em up once again boys
Cm
Fill 'em up and over the brim boys
C# G# D#
There's whiskey but the water's done run dry
Fm
So we're drinking to the end
C# G#
Of a long long friend
C# D# Fm
And the day the mighty Mississippi died
C# D# G#
And the day the mighty Mississippi died
Verse 6:
G# C# G#
My pony he did stumble and sent me to the sky
C# G# D#
When the jury brought the verdict it was the blue-tail fly
Fm C# G#
I'm thinking that this melody has lasted long enough
C# Cm A#m G#
The subject's entertaining but the rhymes are pretty rough
Out-Chorus:
G#
So fill 'em up once again boys
Cm
Fill 'em up and over the brim boys
C# G# D#
There's whiskey but the water's done run dry
Fm
So we're drinking to the end
C# G#
Of a long long friend
C# D# G#
And the day the mighty Mississippi died
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Published: August 27, 2024
Last Updated: February 5, 2026