The Day The Mississippi Died chords by Gillian Welch

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

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
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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
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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
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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
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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