Old Crow Medicine Show – Child Of The Mississippi (Guitar)

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[Intro] A [Verse 1]
A                      D
Son of river man, muddy water's all I've known

     A                              Bm                 Em
I was born out on the banks, Mama died when I was young

E      A                        D                Bm
Just before my daddy left, he hollered out at me

                 A
"Son you're a child of the Mississippi"

                                         D
My schoolin' was a steamboat, and I was educated well

       A                                     B               E
On a sternin' double wheeler, where I learned my rebel yell

         A                            D              B
Then I started roustaboutin' at the age of thirteen

            A    E               A
Lord, I'm a child of the Mississippi
[Chorus]
        Em                                              A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home

             Em                                                A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms

        D                      B
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland

     A                          F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man

      B    E                A
Sweet child of the Mississippi
[Verse 2]
A                                       D
I know every stretch of river, I know every railroad bridge

           A                                     B             E
From up in St. Paul Minnesota, down south to the Memphis pyramid

           A                                      D                  B
Lord she's proud and she's lonesome, and I've known since I was a kid

        A    E              A
I was a child of the Mississippi
[Chorus]
      Em                                                 A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home

            Em                                                  A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms

       D                       B
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland

   A                            F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man

      B    E
Sweet child of the Mississippi
[Solo] Em A Em A D B A F# B E A [Bridge]
     G                        A
Well I sure miss my mama, and I even miss ol' Pa

      D               B              E
But I love that muddy water most of all
[Chorus]
       Em                                               A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home

            Em                                               A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms

        D                       B
I was a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland

   A                            F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man

      B    E              A
Sweet child of the Mississippi

      B    E              A
Sweet child of the Mississippi

      B    E              A
Sweet child of the Mississippi

      B    E                 G
Sweet child of the Mississippi
[Outro] A A7