Band/Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Song Title: Mississippi Kid
Album Title: Pronounced Leh?Nerd Skin?nerd (1973)



(Verse 1)

              E
  I?ve got my pistols in my pockets boys,


  I?m Alabama bound.

              A
  I?ve got my pistols in my pockets boys, I?m

              E
  I?m Alabama bound.

                B7
  Well, I?m not looking for no trouble

                      E 
  But nobody dogs me ?round.



(Verse 2)

            E
  Well, I?m going to fetch my woman, people


  Tri-cities here I come.

            A
  Well, I?m going to fetch my woman, people

                    E
  Tri-cities here I come

                 B7
  ?Cause she was raised up on that cornbread

                                         E
  And I know that woman?ll gonna give me some.



(Verse 3) 

           E
  When the kid hits Alabama, people


  Don?t you try and dog him ?round.

               A
  Now when the kid hits Alabama, people

                             E
  Don?t you try and dog him ?round.

                B7
  ?Cause if you people cause me trouble,

                                  E
  Then I?ve got to put you in the ground.



(Verse 4)

              E
  Well, I was born in Mississippi


  And I don?t take any stuff from you

              A
  Well, I was born in Mississippi

                                  E
  And I don?t take any stuff from you

           B7
  And if I hit you on your head

                                      E
  Boy, it?s got to make you black and blue.



(Verse 5)

            E
  Well, I?m going to Alabama


  Got my pistols out by my side

          A
  Well, I ride to Alabama

                            E
  With my pistols out by my side

         B7 
  ?Cause down in Alabama

                                  E        
  You can run, but you sure can?t hide



(Outro chord)
 

 E7