Intro: A 

Verse: 1 
A                      D 
Son of river man, muddy water's all I've known 
     A                              Bm                 Em 
I was born out on the banks, Mama died when I was young 
E      A                        D                Bm 
Just before my daddy left, he hollered out at me 
                 A 
"Son you're a child of the Mississippi" 
                                         D 
My schoolin' was a steamboat, and I was educated well 
       A                                     B               E 
On a sternin' double wheeler, where I learned my rebel yell 
         A                            D              B 
Then I started roustaboutin' at the age of thirteen 
            A    E               A 
Lord, I'm a child of the Mississippi 


[Refrão]
 
        Em                                              A 
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home 
             Em                                                A 
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms 
        D                      B 
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland 
     A                          F# 
Brought up on the banks to be a river man 
      B    E                A 
Sweet child of the Mississippi 

Verse: 2 
A                                       D 
I know every stretch of river, I know every railroad bridge 
           A                                     B             E 
From up in St. Paul Minnesota, down south to the Memphis pyramid 
           A                                      D                  B 
Lord she's proud and she's lonesome, and I've known since I was a kid 
        A    E              A 
I was a child of the Mississippi 


[Refrão]
 
      Em                                                 A 
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home 
            Em                                                  A 
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms 
       D                       B 
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland 
   A                            F# 
Brought up on the banks to be a river man 
      B    E 
Sweet child of the Mississippi 

Solo 
Em A Em A 
D B A F# 
B E A 

Bridge 
     G                        A 
Well I sure miss my mama, and I even miss ol' Pa 
      D               B              E 
But I love that muddy water most of all 


[Refrão]
 
       Em                                               A 
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home 
            Em                                               A 
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms 
        D                       B 
I was a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland 
   A                            F# 
Brought up on the banks to be a river man 
      B    E              A 
Sweet child of the Mississippi 
      B    E              A 
Sweet child of the Mississippi 
      B    E              A 
Sweet child of the Mississippi 
      B    E                 G 
Sweet child of the Mississippi 

Outro: A A7