capo on 2nd fret G5 Every step of the way ( G5 ) We walk the line ( G5 ) Your days are numbered ( G5 ) So are mine ( G5 ) Time is piling up ( G5 ) We struggle and we scrape ( G5 ) We?re all boxed in D5 G5 Nowhere to escape ( G5 ) City's just a jungle ( G5 ) More games to play ( G5 ) I'm trapped in the heart of it ( G5 ) Trying to get away ( G5 ) I was raised in the country ( G5 ) Been working in the town ( G5 ) I been in trouble since I D5 G5 Set my suitcase down D5 I ain't got nothing for you ( D5 ) I had nothing before ( D5 ) Don't even do anything ( D5 ) For myself anymore ( D5 ) Sky's full of fire ( D5 ) Rain pouring down ( D5 ) There's nothing you can sell me ( D5 ) So I'll see you around G5 All my powers of expression ( G5 ) And thoughts so sublime ( G5 ) Could never do you justice ( G5 ) In reason or rhyme ( G5 ) Well there's only one thing I did wrong D5 G5 I stayed in Mississippi a day too long G5 The devil's in the alley, mule kicking in the stall ( G5 ) Say anything you wanna, I've heard it all ( G5 ) I was thinking about the things that you said D5 G5 I was dreaming I was sleeping in your bed G5 Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees G5 Feelin' like a stranger nobody sees G5 Well so many things we never will undo D5 G5 I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too D5 Some people'll offer you their hand and some won't ( D5 ) Last night I knew you, tonight I don't ( D5 ) I need something strong to distract my mind ( D5 ) I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind G5 Well I got here, following the southern star ( G5 ) I crossed that river just to be where you are ( G5 ) There's only one thing that I did wrong D5 G5 I stayed in Mississippi a day too long ( G5 ) Well my ship's been split to splinters; it's sinking fast ( G5 ) I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past ( G5 ) But my heart is not weary, and smiling's free D5 G5 I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me ( G5 ) Everybody's moving if they ain't already there ( G5 ) Everybody's got to move somewhere ( G5 ) Well stick with me baby anyhow D5 G5 Things should start to get interesting right about now D5 My clothes are wet, tight on my skin ( D5 ) Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in ( D5 ) I know that fortune is waiting to be kind ( D5 ) So give me your hand and say you'll be mine G5 The emptiness is endless, gold is gray ( G5 ) You can always go back, but you can't go back all the way ( G5 ) Well there's only one thing that I did wrong D5 G5 I stayed in Mississippi a day too long ( G5 ) Yeah the only thing that I did wrong D5 G5 Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long ( G5 ) The only thing that I did wrong -no chord- D5 G5 Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long