Mississippi — The Secret Sisters
Chords and lyrics for Mississippi by The Secret Sisters (key of G).
Intro
[Am] [G] [D] [Am]
Verse 1
[Am]All my life I ain't never been a [G]lucky man
Saw the back of my [Dm]daddy's hand
Lost your momma to the [Am]promised land
Verse 2
[Am]In my time I ain't never had a [G]thing that's mine
Till they handed me a [Dm]baby fine
My little [Am]girl
Bridge 1
[Am]There're only two [G]things I know
[Dm] I get ugly when the [Am]whiskey flows
[Dm]Wanted you to know I [Am]love you so
[E]And I would kill before I let you go
Chorus
[Am]Taking off for Mississippi
[G]Wearing someone else's name
[D]Brought you in this world and I
can [E]take you from it [G]just the [Am]same
[Am]If you leave for Mississippi
[G]I will beat you at your game
[D]Brought you in this world and I
can [E]take you from it [G]just the [Am]same
Break
[Am] [G] [D] [Am]
Verse 3
[Am]My dear one
Heard your whispering [G]your plans to run
Off to marry some [D]rich man's son
I bet he's never met a [Am]poor man's gun
Bridge 2
[Am]In the darkness you [G]could not see
[Dm]The drunken devil [Am]instructed me
[Dm]Two bullets in a [Am]crimson sea
[E]Now I'm certain that you'll never be
Chorus
[Am]Taking off for Mississippi
[G]Wearing someone else's name
[D]Brought you in this world and I
can [E]take you from it [G]just the [Am]same
[Am]If you leave for Mississippi
[G]I will beat you at your game
[D]Brought you in this world and I
can [E]take you from it [G]just the [Am]same
Break
[Am] [G] [D] [Am] [Am] [G] [D] [E] [G] [Am]
Verse 4
[Am]Grief and sin
When the righteousness [G]of you sets in
And the blood in my [D]veins begins
to ramble [Am]on
Verse 5
[Am]Now I know we can't
stand and judge the [G]execution man
But we all have to make a [D]trembling stand
before the [Am]Son
[Am][G]Maple [C]tree
Can your [Am]branches [G]carry [C]me[G/B]
Before the [Am]war, before the [G]wine
Before I [Dm]stole what wasn't [Am]mine
Can you [F/C]bring my [E]baby back to [Am][G]me[Am][D]
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