VERSE(1) 
 
D                   G         D 
Don't the steamships sail real slow 
D                        G       A 
Ain't you tired of them Broadway shows 
       G      D        A      D 
This Paris dress don't look its best 
G                     D 
Worn on the woman of a man 
             G             A 
Who gets his money dealing death 
 
CHORUS (1) 
D                        G 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
                              D 
Where the cottonwoods bend in the breeze 
                         G 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
                              D 
Hear the nightbirds singing in the trees 
                          G  
I wish we were back in Missouri 
                                 D 
Ploughing land and praying for rain 
    A            G                    D 
Oh Jesse, take me home - let's start all over again 
 
VERSE(2) 
D                   G         D 
What made you shoot Cashier Sheets 
D                           G           A 
And that banking man in the Russelville streets 
G      D        A      D 
Don't you ever fear those widows' tears 
G                     D 
How the blood runs cold in your veins 
     G             A 
In the past few years 
 
CHORUS (2) 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
 
Simple people in a simple land 
 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
 
Remember those childhood plans 
 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
 
Where we know just who are our friends 
 
Oh Jesse, take me home - let's start all over again 
 
VERSE (3) 
Jesse, something's changed in you 
 
Blood now stains the flag you flew 
 
Where's the man who took a stand 
            
'Don't hurt nobody but take all you can' 
 
 
cHORUS (3) 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
 
Where the cottonwoods bend in the breeze 
 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
 
Hear the nightbirds singing in the trees 
 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
 
Ploughing land and praying for rain 
 
Oh Jesse, take me home - Let's start all over again 
 
I wish we were back in Missouri