Roll On, Mississippi Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Baug][Am][B][Em][B]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Hear that [B]whistle,
there [Am]goes the bell,
[B]that means we're on our [C]way.
[G]All aboard, [Baug]boy, I'm fee[Am]ling swell,
[B]this is my happy [Em]day.[C]
[D]Paddle [G]wheel, [D]you[C]'re mig[D]hty,
mighty [G]slow.[Em]
[A]That's why I keep shouting,
let her [D]go.
[Bbaug]Roll on, you M[D]ississip[G]pi roll o[Em]n.[G]
[Em]Come [D]on, you [G]lazy [Em]sting of
the [G]thong.[Em][G]
[D]Clear [G]the [D]river, [Bm]here we [Bbaug]come.
[G]Watch us, my boys,
when we hear that engine coming,
take a look and be sure.
[Em]Soon I'll be with [G]the folk
[Em]s I ador[E]e.[Em]
[E]There's a spot [Abdim]round our ben[Bm]d,
[Em]that[A]'s my home.
The journey's end,
come [Em]on you ol[G]d man ri[Em]ver, come on[G].[B]
[Em]Roll on you Miss[D]issippi, roll [G]on.
New Orleans, hello, bye -bye,
New Orleans [B]St.
Captain, tell me what's
the next big [Baug]town we'll se[A]e
I get so excited [Eb]I forget
[D]my geography
[G]Natchez Town,
do tell Farewell Natchez Town,
getting along and getting upset
[B]I want to holler so the
hearing [A]minds survive.
I want the world to know
[Bbaug]I'm Memphis fun.
Oh, [Em]Lordy, take a look at the [G]shore.
Soon I'll be with the folk
[Em]s I ad[B]ore.
[E]There's [Em]a spot[E] round the bend
[A]that's my home.
Put your knees in,
come on you [G]old man [Em]river, come [B]on.
Roll on you [Em]Mississippi, [G]roll on.
[Eb]When I was a youngster, a te[Ab]enager,[Eb]
we used to hear the calape
play [F]on the riverboats,
[A]and And[Eb]y's band would play on that boat.
So we'd all go down to the bluff
and sit on the ground
behind the Cossack library
And we'd listen to Handy play his tunes
until the boat [Em]went so far out
in the river
[Em]We couldn't [G]hear him any[A]more[D][G]

[Outro 1]
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