capo on 2nd fret 


G
Every step of the way
( G )
We walk the line
( G )
Your days are numbered
( G )
So are mine

( G )
Time is piling up
( G )
We struggle and we scrape
( G )
We?re all boxed in
D          G
Nowhere to escape

( G )
City's just a jungle
( G )
More games to play
( G )
I'm trapped in the heart of it
( G )
Trying to get away

( G )
I was raised in the country
( G )
Been working in the town
( G )
I been in trouble since I
D               G
Set my suitcase down

D
I ain't got nothing for you
( D )
I had nothing before
( D )
Don't even do anything
( D )
For myself anymore
( D )
Sky's full of fire
( D )
Rain pouring down
( D )
There's nothing you can sell me
( D )
So I'll see you around

G
All my powers of expression
( G )
And thoughts so sublime
( G )
Could never do you justice
( G )
In reason or rhyme
( G )
Well there's only one thing I did wrong
                        D         G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

G
The devil's in the alley, mule kicking in the stall
( G )
Say anything you wanna, I've heard it all
( G )
I was thinking about the things that you said
                              D       G
I was dreaming I was sleeping in your bed

G
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
G
Feelin' like a stranger nobody sees
G
Well so many things we never will undo
                     D              G
I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too

D
Some people'll offer you their hand and some won't
( D )
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
( D )
I need something strong to distract my mind
( D )
I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind

G
Well I got here, following the southern star
( G )
I crossed that river just to be where you are
( G )
There's only one thing that I did wrong
                        D         G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
( G )
Well my ship's been split to splinters; it's sinking fast
( G )
I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
( G )
But my heart is not weary, and smiling's free
                                                D           G
I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me

( G )
Everybody's moving if they ain't already there
( G )
Everybody's got to move somewhere
( G )
Well stick with me baby anyhow
                                       D           G
Things should start to get interesting right about now

D
My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
( D )
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
( D )
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
( D )
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine

G
The emptiness is endless, gold is gray
( G )
You can always go back, but you can't go back all the way
( G )
Well there's only one thing that I did wrong
                          D       G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
( G )
Yeah the only thing that I did wrong
                            D       G
Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long
( G )
The only thing that I did wrong
-no chord-                  D       G
Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long