Nina Simone – Mississippi Goddam (Guitar)

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[Spoken Introduction]
G6
The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam
And I mean every word of it [Verse 1] x2
G6
Alabama's gotten me so upset

                  Am7     D7
Tennessee made me lose my rest

   Am/C Bdim7 Am/C   D    C/E  D/F#   G  G    Am7 D7
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

G11
Can't you see it

G
Can't you feel it

     Cmaj7
It's all in the air

A7                                     D7
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer [Chorus]
G6
Alabama's gotten me so upset

                  Am7     D7
Tennessee made me lose my rest

    Am/C Bdim7 Am/C  D    C/E  D/F#   G      F#m7sus4 B7
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

Em
(This is a show tune, but the show hasn't been written for it, yet)
[Verse 2]
Em
Hound dogs on my trail

                                F#m7b5
School children sitting in jail

          B7
Black cat cross my path

  Em7                     B7    Em
I think every day's gonna be my last

Em
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
  F#m7b5
I don't belong here

  B7
I don't belong there

     Em7              B7       Em
I've even stopped believing in prayer

Em
Don't tell me, I'll tell you

                                F#m7b5
Me and my people just about due

                B7
I've been there so I know

     Em7           B7   Em
They keep on saying "Go slow!"
[Refrain]
Em
But that's just the trouble
"too slow"
Em
Washing the windows
"too slow"
Am7
Picking the cotton
"too slow"
       Em
You're just plain rotten
"too slow"
      F#/C#
You're too damn lazy
"too slow"
    Am/C          B7
The thinking's crazy
"too slow"
C/E        F9
Where am I going

Em7       A7
What am I doing

Eb7     Eb7
I don't know

D11     D7
I don't know

G6
Just try to do your very best

                          Am7      D7
Stand up, be counted with all the rest

      Am/C Bdim7 Am/C  D     C/E  D/F#  G  G    F#m7sus4 B7
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

Em
(I bet you thought I was kidding, didn't you)
[Verse 3]
Em
Picket lines, school boycotts
They try to say it's a communist plot
F#m7b5          B7
All I want is equality

       Em7               B7           Em7
For my sister, my brother, my people, and me

Em
Yes, you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
    F#m7b5         B7
And talk real fine just like a lady

Em7                   B7         Em7
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie

Em
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
F#m7b5            B7
I don't trust you any more

    Em7           B7   Em7
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
"Go slow!" [Refrain]
Em
But that's just the trouble
"too slow" Desegregation "too slow"
  Am7
Mass participation
"too slow"
  Em7
Reunification
"too slow"
F#/C#
Do things gradually
"too slow"
    Am/C           B7
But bring more tragedy
"too slow"
C/E           F9#11
Why don't you see it

Em7       A7
Why don't you feel it

Eb7     Eb7
I don't know

D11     D7
I don't know
[Chorus]
G6
You don't have to live next to me

                Am7   B7
Just give me my equality

      Am/C Bdim7 A/C   D    C/E  D/F#
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi

Am/C Bdim7 A/C   D    C/E  D/F#
Everybody knows about Alabama

Am/C Bdim7 A/C   D    C/E  D/F#   G G F9 F9 G F9 G F9 G
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
[Spoken Outro] That's it!