Bob Dylan – Mississippi (Guitar Intro)
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Love and Theft" (2001)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro] / [Turnaround] C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|0---------------| B|--1---1---1---1-|1-3---1---------| G|--0---0---0---0-|0-0---0---------| D|----0----2--3---|--0---2---------| A|3---------------|------3---------| E|----------------|--3-------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
C/E x-x-2-0-1-0
C/F x-x-3-0-1-0
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
Csus4 x-3-3-0-1-1
G/A x-0-0-0-1-3 (= Gsus4/A)
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
C x-3-x-0-1-3
G/D x-x-0-0-0-3
C/E x-x-2-0-1-3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| C C/D C/E C/F | C/G G C |
[Verse 1]
C Csus4 Every step of the way C Csus4 We walk the line C Csus4 Your days are numbered C F So are mine C F C F Time is pilin’ up, we struggle and we scrape C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C We’re all boxed in, no- where to escape
[Verse 2]
C Csus4 City’s just a jungle C Csus4 More games to play C Csus4 Trapped in the heart of it C F Tryin' to get away C F C F I was raised in the country, I been workin’ in the town C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down
[Bridge]
G G/A G/B C Got nothin' for you, I had nothin' before G/D C/E F G Don’t even have anything for myself anymore G G/A G/B C Sky full of fire, pain pourin’ down G/D C/E F G Nothing you can sell me, I’ll see you around
[Verse 3] (chorus)
C Csus4 All my powers of expression C Csus4 And thoughts so sublime C Csus4 Could never do you justice C F In reason or rhyme C F C F Only one thing I did wrong C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
| C C/D C/E C/F | C/G G C |
[Verse 4]
C Csus4 Well, the devil’s in the alley C Csus4 Mule’s in the stall C Csus4 Say anything you wanna C F I have heard it all C F C F I was thinkin’ 'bout the things that Rosie said C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C I was dreaming I was sleepin' in Ro - sie’s bed
[Verse 5]
C Csus4 Walkin' through the leaves C Csus4 Falling from the trees C Csus4 Feelin' like a stranger C F Nobody sees C F C F So many things that we never will undo C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C I know you’re sorry, I’m sor - ry too
[Bridge]
G G/A G/B C Some people will offer you their hand and some won’t G/D C/E F C G Last night I knew you, tonight I don’t G G/A G/B C I need somethin’ strong to distract my mind G/D C/E F C G I’m gonna look at you ’til my eyes go blind
[Verse 6] (chorus)
C Csus4 Well I got here followin' C Csus4 The southern star C Csus4 I crossed that river C F Just to be where you are C F C F Only one thing I did wrong C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
| C C/D C/E C/F | C/G G C |
[Verse 7]
C Csus4 Well my ship’s been split to splinters C Csus4 And it’s sinkin' fast C Csus4 I’m drownin’ in the poison C F Got no future, got no past C F C F But my heart is not weary, it’s light and it’s free C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C I’ve got nothin’ but affection for all those who’ve sailed with me
[Verse 8]
C Csus4 Everybody movin’ C Csus4 If they ain’t already there C Csus4 Everybody got to move C F Somewhere C F C F Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C Things should start to get interestin' right about now
[Bridge]
G G/A G/B C My clothes are wet, tight on my skin G/D C/E F C G Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in G G/A G/B C I know that fortune is waitin’ to be kind G/D C/E F C G So give me your hand and say you’ll be mine
[Verse 9] (chorus)
C Csus4 Well, the emptiness is endless C Csus4 Cold as the clay C Csus4 You can always come back, C F But you can’t come back all the way C F C F Only one thing I did wrong C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
[Coda]
| C C/D C/E C/F | C/G G C