Tonart: G major•
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
G
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Em
A
D
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Am
D
Everybody knows about Mississippi,
G
Am
D
goddam!
Verse 5
gotten me so
upset
Lurleen Wallace has made
Am
D
me lose my rest
Am
D
Everybody knows about Mississippi,
G
goddam!
Verse 6
Dm
G
I know you can feel it
Am
A
I can't stand the pressure much longer
G
Alabama
Verse 7
has got me so upset
And Memphis has made me
A
D
lose my rest
Am
D
Everybody knows about Mississippi,
G
B
goddam!
Verse 8
Em
Hound dogs on my trail
B
Those school children sitting in jail
F#dim
B
Black cat cross my path
Em
I think every day's gonna
B
Bm
Em
be my last
Verse 9
Em
Lord, have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
B
'Cause I don't belong here
Bm
I don't belong there
Em
I've even stopped believing
Bm
Em
in prayer
Verse 10
Em
Don't tell me, I'll tell you
Me and my people, just about due
A
Am
B
I've been there, so I know
Em
Bm
Em
You keep on saying, "Go slow"
Verse 11
Em
Well that's just the trouble
(too slow)
Am
Washing the windows (too
slow)
Em
Pickin' the cotton (too
slow)
C#dim
Nothin' but rotten (too slow)
F#
C
Too damn lazy (too slow)
Em
(too slow)
Where am I going?
I don't know
Verse 12
to do my very best
Em
Am
Stand up be counted with all the rest
D
Am
D
'Cause everybody knows about Mississippi,
G
goddam!
Now, you heard him He's one of you
D
B
If you have been moved at all
Verse 13
And
Em
you know my songs at 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
Em
Picket lines, school boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
B
But all I want is equality
Em
Bm
For my sister, my brother,
Bm
Em
And I loved him because he believed
Verse 15
it
He lived by it
Verse 16
Em
But you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
F#dim
Am
Bm
And talk real fine just like a lady
Em
Bm
And you'd stop calling
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
Bm
'Cause I don't trust nobody anymore
Em
Bm
Em
Keep on saying, "Go slow"
Verse 19
Em
That's just the trouble
(too slow)
Am
Desegregation (too slow)
Em
Mass participation (too slow)
Unification (too slow)
F#
Do things gradually (too slow)
C
B
Em
But bring more tragedy (too slow)
Am
Why don't you see it?
Em
Why don't you feel it?
Verse 20
have to live next to me
Em
Am
Just give me my equality
D
Am
'Cause everybody knows
about Mississippi
D
Am
Everybody knows about Alabama
D
G
Everybody knows about Mississippi, goddam!
F
G
That's it!
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