Mississippi Goddam

[Spoken Introduction] The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam And I mean every word of it [Verse 1] x2 Alabama’s gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam       Can’t you see it Can’t you feel it It’s all in the air I can’t stand the pressure much longer Somebody say a prayer [Chorus] Alabama’s gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam           (This is a show tune but the show hasn’t been written for it yet) [Verse 2] Hound dogs on my trail                                 F#m7b5 School children sitting in jail Black cat cross my path I think every day’s gonna be my last Lord have mercy on this land of mine We all gonna get it in due time   F#m7b5 I don’t belong here I don’t belong there I’ve even stopped believing in prayer Don’t tell me I’ll tell you                                 F#m7b5 Me and my people just about due I’ve been there so I know They keep on saying "Go slow!" [Refrain] But that’s just the trouble "too slow" Washing the windows "too slow" Picking the cotton "too slow" You’re just plain rotten "too slow" You’re too damn lazy "too slow" The thinking’s crazy "too slow" Where am I going What am I doing I don’t know I don’t know Just try to do your very best Stand up be counted with all the rest Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam            (I bet you thought I was kidding didn’t you) [Verse 3] Picket lines school boycotts They try to say it’s a communist plot F#m7b5          B7 All I want is equality For my sister my brother my people and me Yes you lied to me all these years You told me to wash and clean my ears     F#m7b5         B7 And talk real fine just like a lady And you’d stop calling me Sister Sadie Oh but this whole country is full of lies You’re all gonna die and die like flies F#m7b5            B7 I don’t trust you any more You keep on saying "Go slow!" "Go slow!" [Refrain] But that’s just the trouble "too slow" Desegregation "too slow" Mass participation "too slow" Reunification "too slow" Do things gradually "too slow" But bring more tragedy "too slow" Why don’t you see it Why don’t you feel it I don’t know I don’t know [Chorus] You don’t have to live next to me Just give me my equality Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Everybody knows about Alabama Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam               [Spoken Outro] That’s it!