Mississippi

---------------------------------------------------------------------------                   Mississippi - Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: "Love and Theft" (2001) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] / [Turnaround]   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   e|----------------|0---------------| B|--1---1---1---1-|1-3---1---------| G|--0---0---0---0-|0-0---0---------| D|----0----2--3---|--0---2---------| A|3---------------|------3---------| E|----------------|3-3-------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS C/D   x-x-0-0-1-0 C/E   x-x-2-0-1-0 C/F   x-x-3-0-1-0 C/G   3-x-2-0-1-0 Csus4 x-3-3-0-1-1 G/A   x-0-0-0-0-3 G/B   x-2-0-0-0-3 G/C   x-3-x-0-0-3 G/D   x-x-0-0-0-3 G/E   x-x-2-0-0-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | / / / | /        | [Verse] C                  Csus4  Every step of the way C            Csus4  We walk the line C              Csus4  Your days are numbered So are mine Time is pilin’ up we struggle and we scrape We’re all boxed in no- where to escape [Verse] C              Csus4  City’s just a jungle C              Csus4  More games to play C               Csus4  Trapped in the heart of it Tryin’ to get away I was raised in the country I been workin’ in the town I been in trouble ever since I set my  suitcase down [Bridge] Got nothin’ for you I had nothin’ before Don’t even have anything for myself anymore Sky full of fire pain pourin’ down Nothing you can sell me I’ll see you around [Verse] (chorus) C                   Csus4  All my powers of expression C                  Csus4  And thoughts so sublime C                   Csus4  Could never do you justice In reason or rhyme Only one thing I did wrong Stayed in Mississippi a  day too long | / / / | /        | [Verse] C                         Csus4  Well the devil’s in the alley C              Csus4  Mule’s in the stall C                 Csus4  Say anything you wanna I have heard it all I was thinkin’ ’bout the things that Rosie said I was dreaming I was sleepin’ in  Ro - sie’s bed [Verse] C                    Csus4  Walkin’ through the leaves C                 Csus4  Falling from the trees C               Csus4  Feelin’ like a stranger Nobody sees So many things that we never will undo I know you’re sorry I’m sor - ry too [Bridge] Some people will offer you their hand and some won’t Last night I knew you tonight I don’t I need somethin’ strong to distract my mind I’m gonna look at you ’til my eyes go blind Verse] (chorus) C                Csus4  Well I got here followin’ C             Csus4  The southern star C               Csus4  I crossed that river Just to be where you are Only one thing I did wrong Stayed in Mississippi a  day too long | / / / | /        | [Verse]         C                    Csus4 Well my ship’s been split to splinters C                 Csus4  And it’s sinkin’ fast C                    Csus4  I’m drownin’ in the poison Got no future got no past But my heart is not weary it’s light and it’s free I’ve got nothin’ but affection for all those who’ve sailed with me [Verse] C          Csus4  Everybody movin’ C                      Csus4  If they ain’t already there C                  Csus4   Everybody got to move Somewhere Stick with me baby stick with me anyhow Things should start to get interestin’ right about now [Bridge] My clothes are wet tight on my skin Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in I know that fortune is waitin’ to be kind So give me your hand and say you’ll be mine Verse] (chorus) C                       Csus4  Well the emptiness is endless C            Csus4  Cold as the clay C               Csus4  You can always come back But you can’t come back all the way Only one thing I did wrong Stayed in Mississippi a  day too long [Coda] | / / / | /