Mississippi

Am  G  D  Am

Am                           G
All my life I'd never been a lucky man
                   D
Saw the back of my daddy's hand
                       Am
Lost your momma to the promised land

Am                             G
In my time I ain't never had a thing that's mine
                      D
Till they handed me a baby fine
          Am
My little girl

Am                G
There're only two things I know
Dm                    Am
 I get ugly when the whiskey flows
Dm                   Am
Wanted you to know I love you so
E
And I would kill before I let you go

Am
Taking off for Mississippi
G
Wearing someone else's name
D
Brought you in this world and I
    E                G        Am
can take you from it just the same
Am
If you leave for Mississippi
G
I will beat you at your game
D
Brought you in this world and I
    E                G        Am
can take you from it just the same

Am  G  D  Am

Am
My dear one
                        G
Heard your whispering your plans to run
                  D
Off to marry some rich man's son
                       Am
I bet he's never met a poor man's gun

Am                  G
In the darkness you could not see
Dm                Am
The drunken devil instructed me
Dm               Am
Two bullets in a crimson sea
E
Now I'm certain that you'll never be

Am
Taking off for Mississippi
G
Wearing someone else's name
D
Brought you in this world and I
    E                G        Am
can take you from it just the same
Am
If you leave for Mississippi
G
I will beat you at your game
D
Brought you in this world and I
    E                G        Am
can take you from it just the same
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Am  G  D  Am  Am  G  D  E  G  Am

Am
Grief and sin
                       G
When the righteousness of you sets in
                    D
And the blood in my veins begins
          Am
to ramble on

Am
Now I know we can't
                    G
stand and judge the execution man
                          D
But we all have to make a trembling stand
           Am
before the sun
Am  G  C
Maple tree
         Am       G     C    E
Can your branches carry me
           Am              G
Before the war, before the wine
         Dm                  Am
Before I stole what wasn't mine
        F/C      E            Am  G  D  Am
Can you bring my baby back to me

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