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Song: Mississippi River Blues
Artist: Jimmie Rodgers
Album: None
Words and music by: Jimmie Rodgers (I think)
Tuning: Standard
Capo: No Capo, but if you have trouble with the F chord then you can put a capo on 
the 3rd fret and play the song in A instead of C.

Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|--------------------------------------0----0------------------------------|
A|----0--2--3----3--2--1--0----0--2--4-----------4--2--0--4--2-------0--2--3|
E|-3------------------------------------------------------------3--3--------|


Intro: C (x32010@1)A7 (x02020@1)D7 (xx0212@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)                   C (x32010@1)   G7 (320001@1)   C(Yodel) (x32010@1)The Mississippi River Blues

        C (x32010@1)                      C7 (x32310@1)              GOh (320003@1)you Mississippi River, with waters so deep and wide,
      C (x32010@1)                        G7 (320001@1)                 CMy (x32010@1)thoughts of you keep rising, just like an evening tide.
 F (133211@1)                                     CI'm (x32010@1)just like a seagull that's left the sea,
         G (320003@1)                G7 (320001@1)           COh (x32010@1)your muddy waters, they keep on callin' me

Bridge:
           F (133211@1)I'm gonna pack my grip and head that way,
                CYou'll (x32010@1)see me hangin' 'round again someday.
              G'Cos (320003@1)I know that's the only way to lose,
     G7 (320001@1)               CThe (x32010@1)Mississippi River Blues.
                   C (x32010@1)   G7 (320001@1)   C(Yodel) (x32010@1)The Mississippi River Blues.

            C (x32010@1)                         C7 (x32310@1)                 GI've (320003@1)often ridden on your bosom, from Memphis down to New Orleans,
          C (x32010@1)                  G7 (320001@1)                    CDreaming (x32010@1)over muddy waters, flowing through familiar scenes.
            F (133211@1)                              CAnd (x32010@1)when I hear the whistle of an old steam boat,
           G (320003@1)                 G7 (320001@1)               CDown (x32010@1)that Mississippi River, again I'm going to float.

Bridge:
           F (133211@1)I'm gonna pack my grip and head that way,
                CYou'll (x32010@1)see me hangin' 'round again someday.
              G'Cos (320003@1)I know that's the only way to lose,
     G7 (320001@1)               CThe (x32010@1)Mississippi River Blues.
                   C (x32010@1)   G7 (320001@1)   C(Yodel) (x32010@1)The Mississippi River Blues.
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