Band/Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Song Title: Mississippi Kid
Album Title: Pronounced Leh'Nerd Skin'nerd (1973)
(Verse 1)
E (022100@1) I've got my pistols in my pockets boys,
I'm Alabama bound.
A (x02220@1) I've got my pistols in my pockets boys, I'm
E (022100@1) I'm Alabama bound.
B7 (x21202@1) Well, I'm not looking for no trouble
E (022100@1) But nobody dogs me 'round.
(Verse 2)
E (022100@1) Well, I'm going to fetch my woman, people
Tri-cities here I come.
A (x02220@1) Well, I'm going to fetch my woman, people
E (022100@1) Tri-cities here I come
B7 (x21202@1) 'Cause she was raised up on that cornbread
E (022100@1) And I know that woman'll gonna give me some.
(Verse 3)
E (022100@1) When the kid hits Alabama, people
Don't you try and dog him 'round.
A (x02220@1) Now when the kid hits Alabama, people
E (022100@1) Don't you try and dog him 'round.
B7 (x21202@1) 'Cause if you people cause me trouble,
E (022100@1) Then I've got to put you in the ground.
(Verse 4)
E (022100@1) Well, I was born in Mississippi
And I don't take any stuff from you
A (x02220@1) Well, I was born in Mississippi
E (022100@1) And I don't take any stuff from you
B7 (x21202@1) And if I hit you on your head
E (022100@1) Boy, it's got to make you black and blue.
(Verse 5)
E (022100@1) Well, I'm going to Alabama
Got my pistols out by my side
A (x02220@1) Well, I ride to Alabama
E (022100@1) With my pistols out by my side
B7 (x21202@1) 'Cause down in Alabama
E (022100@1)
You can run, but you sure can't hide
(Outro chord)
E7 (020130@1)
