VERSE(1) 
 
D5                   G5         D5 
Don't the steamships sail real slow 
D5                        G5       A5 
Ain't you tired of them Broadway shows 
       G5      D5        A5      D5 
This Paris dress don't look its best 
G5                     D5 
Worn on the woman of a man 
             G5             A5 
Who gets his money dealing death 
 
CHORUS (1) 
D5                        G5 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
                              D5 
Where the cottonwoods bend in the breeze 
                         G5 
I wish we were back in Missouri 
                              D5 
Hear the nightbirds singing in the trees 
                          G5  
I wish we were back in Missouri 
                                 D5 
Ploughing land and praying for rain 
    A5            G5                    D5 
Oh Jesse, take me home - let's start all over again 
 
VERSE(2) 
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What made you shoot Cashier Sheets 
D5                           G5           A5 
And that banking man in the Russelville streets 
G5      D5        A5      D5 
Don't you ever fear those widows' tears 
G5                     D5 
How the blood runs cold in your veins 
     G5             A5 
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