M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]M[A][C#dim][A][Em][A][G]
-I -S -S -I -S -S -I -P -E -R
By the M -I crooked [Em]letter [G]crooked letter
I, crooked letter crooked [Em]let ter
[G]I. [Em]Humpb[G]ac[C]k humpback I[C#dim]
[G]Mississippi [Em]flowing [A]down to New Orleans,
[D]New Orleans.
It [G]flows right by [Em]my Tennessee home,
[G]where history was made
by [Em]steam[G]boat men.
[C]M -E -M -[C#dim]P -H -I -[G]S,[Em]
[A]Memphis is the town I [G]mean.
Way down yonder in the land of cotton,
[C]folks like mine are never [C#dim]gotten.
[Em]What [G]a wonderful [Bm]thrill, [B]jus[Em]t to be
[A]down in Memphis, [D]Tennessee.
Seen by the [G]ear of my [D]crooked [Em]letter,
[G]crooked [Em]let ter [G]eye
Crooked letter, crooked letter [Em]eye
Hump[C]back, [C#dim]humpback,
[G]I'm Missis[Em]sippi
Blow[A]in' down to [D]New Or[G]leans

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][G][C][C#dim][G][Em]
[A][D][G][C][G][Em][G][Bm][C][C#dim][D][G]
[Em][A][D][G]
By the [C]M -[G]I

[Verse 2]
crooked [Em]letter, crooked letter
[G]I, crooked letter, crooked letter
I.
[C]Humpback, [C#dim]humpback [G]guy,
Missis[Em]sippi flow[A]in' down to New Orleans.
[D]Well it flo[G]ws right by,
[Em]by T[G]ennessee[Em] home,
[G]where history was made
by Steamboat [Em]Bill.
[G]M -[C]E -[A]M -P -[C#dim]H -I -S,[G][Em]
[A]Memphis is the [D]town I [G]mean
Way down yonder in the land of cotton
Folk[C]s like mine are n[C#dim]ever gotten
What [G]a wonderful [B]thrill [Em]just to be
[A]Down in Memphis, [D]Tennessee by [A]the [G]hill
My crooked [Em]let ter, crooked letter
I
[G]Crooked letter, crooked [Em]let ter
[G]I
[D]Up [C]bac[A]k, up [C#dim]back, I[G]
Mississip[Em]pi
Blow[A]in' down to [D]New Orleans
[G]Down the [Em]river,
[A]blowin' down to [D]New Orleans
[G]