Capo III

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I think I see, a wagon rutted road
                                        B      E
With the weeds growing tall between the tracks
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And along one side, runs a rusty barbed wire fence
                        B             E
And beyond that sits an old tar paper shack

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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind

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I think I hear, a noisy old John Deere
                                     B    E
In a field specked with dirty cotton lint
                            A            E
And below the field, runs a little shady creek
                          B                    E
And there you'll find the cool green leaves of mint

     A
Mississippi you're on my mind
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind

          E          A           E
I think I smell, the honeysuckle vine
                                    B    E
The heavy sweetness like to make me sick
                              A              E
And the dogs, my God, they're hungry all the time
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And the snakes are sleeping where the weeds are thick

     A
Mississippi you're on my mind
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind

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I think I feel, an angry oven heat
                                    B   E
The southern sun just blazes in the sky
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In the dusty weeds an old fat grasshopper jumps
                          B              E
I want to make it to that creek before I fry

     A
Mississippi you're on my mind
     E
Mississippi you're on my mind
A E      A                   E
Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind

     A
Mississippi you're on my mind
     E
Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh, Mississippi you're on my mind