Hannibal, MO Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Edim][D][Em][D][A][D]

[Verse 1]
I had a true [G]love
from Hannibal
[D]Where the Mississippi turns
[A]flat [G]and wide[D]
We'd lay out on the sand[G]bars[D]
And fall asleep to the [Em]barges
[A]and the fire[D]flies
And I killed my true love [G]from Hannibal
[D]She was nineteen and[A] I was twenty- two[G]
[D]Summer was ending
[G]and she was [D]leaving soon
To study writing [A]on the east [D]coast
And I worked in my [G]father[D]'s shop
Fixing air conditioners and
[A]heating [G]pumps[D]
Going to college never [G]made
[D]much sense to me
I wanted to keep my [A]true love
[D]close to me

[Verse 2]
[D]
The summers are hot in
[G]Hannibal[D]
The summers there are un[A]bearable
[G]So [D]we'd steal down to
the [G]water's [D]edge
And cool off in the [A]river's [D]ebb
One night we decided [G]what
we [D]would do
Swim to the middle ‘til our [A]strength
gave [G]out[D]
Where the current [G]was strong
[D]and deep
Together we'd be [A]pulled down to sleep
[D]So we swam ‘ti[G]l our bodies
[D]were weak
I watched my true love
[A]get washed out [G]to sea[D]
I felt a terrible [G]grip from beneath
[D]The river took her but it
did[A]n't take me

[Interlude 1]
[D]

[Verse 3]
In St. Louis there's [G]a prison
[D]cell
It'll be twelve more years [A]‘til I get [G]out
[D]When I do her father says
[G]he'll shoot [D]me down
If I don't [A]do it myself
[D]

[Verse 4]
Most days I just [G]try and [D]sleep
I dream of Hannibal when it was [A]in [G]between
[D]It's not quite day and it's
[G]not yet [D]night
We fall asleep to the [A]barges and the [D]fireflies