Gillian Welch – The Day The Mississippi Died (Guitar)
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As recorded by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
(From the 2024 Album WOODLAND)
[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 Bm 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 Bm Am G But I don't expect everyone to see the world my way
[Verse 3]
G Bm 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 Em C G I'm just so disappointed in me and you C Bm Am G But we can't even argue so what else can we do
[Chorus]
G So fill 'em up once again boys Bm Fill 'em up and over the brim boys C G D There's whiskey but the water's done run dry Em So we're drinking to the end C G Of a long long friend C D Em And the day the mighty Mississippi died
[Interlude]
C D G Bm C G D Em
C G C D Em
[Verse 4]
G Bm 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 Em C G I saw demons laughing, breaking people just for play C Bm Am G I cried at the table then I put my tears away
[Verse 5]
G Bm I dug my hands deep into the black Mother Earth C G D Tried to raise my spirits up for what it's worth Em C G You laughed and said "Aw honey, now what did you expect?" C Bm Am G Not these tears and nightmare years where madness goes unchecked
[Chorus]
G Oh fill 'em up once again boys Bm Fill 'em up and over the brim boys C G D There's whiskey but the water's done run dry Em So we're drinking to the end C G Of a long long friend C D Em 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 Em C G I'm thinking that this melody has lasted long enough C Bm Am G The subject's entertaining but the rhymes are pretty rough
[Out-Chorus]
G So fill 'em up once again boys Bm Fill 'em up and over the brim boys C G D There's whiskey but the water's done run dry Em So we're drinking to the end C G Of a long long friend C D G And the day the mighty Mississippi died