Mississippi Goddam - Live

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[Verse 1]
Fuel up
[G]And, of course a couple of years ago

[Verse 2]
Four little girls were killed
In Alabama
And at that time we got
the inspiration to do this song
But Dr. King's murder has left me so numb
I don't know where I'm at, really
And of course you heard this song that
was composed by Gene Taylor
Especially for today

[Verse 3]
[G]But I hope that between now and
the end of the year
It'll all be together enough
That we will have songs that go
down in history
For these wonderful, brave people
Who are no longer with us

[Verse 4]
Alabama's gotten me so [G]upset
Tennessee made [Em]me lose m[A]y re[D]st
[Am]Everybody knows [D]about Mississippi,
[G]goddam![Am][D]
[G]Alabama's

[Verse 5]
gotten me so
upset
Lurleen Wallace has made
me [Am]lose my [D]rest
[Am]Everybody knows [D]about Mississippi,
[G]goddam!

[Verse 6]
[G]Can't you see it?
I know [Dm]you can [G]feel it
It's [C]all in the air
[Am]I can'[A]t stand the pressure much longer
[D]Somebody say a prayer
[G]Alabama

[Verse 7]
has got me so upset
And Memphis has made me
[A]lose my [D]rest
[Am]Everybody knows [D]about Mississippi,
[G]goddam![B]

[Interlude 1]
[Em]

[Verse 8]
[Em]Hound dogs on my trail
Those school children sitting in [B]jail
[F#dim]Black cat[B] cross my path
I [Em]think every day's gonna
[B]be my [Bm]last[Em]

[Verse 9]
[Em]
Lord, have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
'Cause I [B]don't belong here
I [Bm]don't belong there
I've [Em]even stopped believing
[Bm]in p[Em]rayer

[Verse 10]
[Em]
Don't tell me, I'll tell you
Me and my people, just about due
[A]I've been the[Am]re, so [B]I know
You [Em]keep on [Bm]saying, "Go [Em]slow"

[Verse 11]
[Em]
Well that's just the trouble
(too slow)
Washing the windows [Am](too
slow)
Pickin' the cotton [Em](too
slow)
Nothin' but rotten [C#dim](too slow)
Too dam[F#]n lazy (t[C]oo slow)
Thinking's [B]crazy
[Em](too slow)
Where am I going?
What [A]am I doing?
I don't know
I [D]don't know
[G]Just try

[Verse 12]
to do my very best
Stand up be coun[Em]ted with [Am]all the rest
[D]'Cause eve[Am]rybody knows abo[D]ut Mississippi,
[G]goddam!
Now, you heard him He's one of you
If you [D]have been [B]moved at all

[Verse 13]
And
you know my songs at [Em]all
For God's sakes, join me
Don't sit back there
The time is too late now, good
God!
You know? The king is dead,
the king of love is dead
I ain't 'bout to be nonviolent, honey!
Ahaha, woah no

[Verse 14]
Picket [Em]lines, school boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
But [B]all I want is equality
For my [Em]sister, my brother[Bm],
my people [Em]and me
And I [Bm]loved [Em]him because he believed

[Verse 15]
it
He lived by it

[Verse 16]
But you lied to me [Em]all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And [F#dim]talk real fine[Am] just[Bm] like a lady
[Em]And you'd stop calli[Bm]ng
my mama [Em]Aunt Sadie

[Verse 17]
[Em]Can you hand me another?

[Verse 18]
But my country is full of lies
We all gonna die, and die like flies
[Am]'Cause I don't trust [Bm]nobody anymore
[Em]Keep on [Bm]saying, [Em]"Go slow"

[Verse 19]
That's just [Em]the trouble
(too slow)
Desegrega[Am]tion (too slow)
Mass participation [Em](too slow)
Unification (too slow)
Do [F#]things gradually (too slow)
But [C]bring more [B]tragedy [Em](too slow)
Why don't you [Am]see it?
[Em]Why don't you feel it?
[A]I don't know
I don't [D]know
You [G]don't

[Verse 20]
have to live next to me
Just give me [Em]my eq[Am]uality
[D]'Cause [Am]everybody knows
about Mississippi
Everybody knows [D]about [Am]Alabama
Everybody knows [D]about Mississippi, [G]goddam!
[F]That's [G]it!