Sheryl Crow – Mississippi (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
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Chords
[Intro]
| G C | G C | G C | D G | x2
[Verse 1]
G C G C Every step of the way we walk the line G C G C Your days are numbered, so are mine G C G C Time is piling up, we struggle and we scrape G C D G All boxed in, nowhere to escape
[Interlude]
| G C | G C | G C | D G |
[Verse 2]
G C G C The city's just a jungle, more games to play G C G C I'm trapped in the heart of it trying to get away G C I was raised in the country G C Been working in the town G C I been in trouble since I D G Set my suitcase down
[Verse 3]
D E D G I ain't got nothing for you, I had nothing before D G C D Don't even have anything for myself anymore D E D G Sky's full of fire and the rain is pouring down D G C D There's nothing you can sell me, so I'll see you around
[Verse 4]
G C All my powers of expression G C And thoughts so sublime G C Could never do you justice G C Reason or rhyme
[Refrain]
G C G C There's only one thing that I did wrong G C D G I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
[Interlude]
| G C | G C | G C | D G | x2
[Verse 5]
G C G C The devil's in the alley, the mule kicking in the stall G C G C Say anything you want to, I've heard it all G C G C I was thinking about the things that she said G C D G I was dreaming I was sleeping in you bed
[Verse 6]
G C G C Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees G C G C Feel like a stranger nobody sees G C G C So many things we never will undo G C D G I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too
[Verse 7]
D E D G Some people will offer you their hand and some won't D G C D Last night I knew you, tonight I don't D E D G I need something strong to distract my mind D G C D I'm gonna look at you till my eyes go blind
[Verse 8]
G C G C Well I got here, following the southern star G C G C I crossed that river just to be where you are
[Refrain]
G C G C There's only one thing that I did wrong G C D G I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
[Interlude]
| G C | G C | G C | D G | x2
[Verse 9]
G C G C Well my ship's been split to splinters, it's sinking fast G C I'm drowning in the poison G C Got no future, got no past G C G C But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free G C D G I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me
[Verse 10]
G C G C Everybody's moving if they ain't already there G C G C Everybody's got to move somewhere G C G C Well stick with me baby anyhow G C D G Things should start to get interesting right about now
[Verse 11]
D E D G My clothes are wet, tight on my skin D G C D Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in D E D G I know that fortune is waiting to be kind D G C D So give me your hand and say you'll be mine
[Verse 12]
G C G C The emptiness is endless, cold as clay G C You can always come back G C But you can't come back all the way
[Refrain]
G C G C Well, there's only one thing that I did wrong G C D G I stayed in Mississippi a day too long G C G C Yeah, the only one thing that I did wrong G C D G I stayed in Mississippi a day too long G C G C The only one thing that I did wrong G C D G I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
[Outro] (Fade out)
| G C | G C | G C | D G | x3