Mississippi River Runnin Backwards
Tom Russell
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(início)
G C G C Old man river, that old man river Bm Am G He just keeps rolling along
Verse
G Mississippi River runnin' backwards Am Earthquakes shook the land D It happened down here in 1912 C G It's happening here again
Verse
G Feast and famine, ya'll, fire and flood Am Abominations, you understand D Don't need no Old Testament prophet to tell me C G We ain't living in the Promised Land
Chorus
G Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Am Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz Bm Em Judgement day is coming down here, y'all F C G In the land of the razzmatazz
Verse
G I saw carpet-sweepers and microwave ovens Am I saw busted-out television screens D Empty of TV evangelist cats C G With their hair all slicked up with Brylcreem
Verse
G Now the gospel news, to you real bad news Am No need to invent all that doom and gloom D It's a one-legged race to the liquor store C G It's a hop, skip and jump into the tomb
Chorus
G Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Am Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz Bm Em Judgement day is coming down here, y'all F C G In the land of the razzmatazz
Bridge
Bb Am Steamboat whistles blowing underwater G G A Bb Everything is backwards and upside down Am Baby Moses in the bulrushes D Paddling sideways to higher ground
Instrumental
Em C Am C Em C D D/C D/B D/A
Verse
G Old ladies gambling inside riverboat casinos Am Whirlpools swallowed 'em down D Insurance executives and Fuller Brush salesmen C G Bushwhacked trying to leave town
Verse
G But their lifeboats went backwards up the Mississippi River Am To the ancient Missouri sod D Up to Iowa and Minnesota C G Into the hands of a righteous god
Chorus
G Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Am Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz Bm Em Judgement day is coming down here, y'all F C G In the land of the razzmatazz
Chorus
G Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Am Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz Bm Em Judgement day is coming down here, y'all F C G In the land of the razzmatazz F C G In the land of the razzmatazz F C G In the land of the razzmatazz F C G In the land of the razzmatazz
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