Mississippi Queen

BPM: 110 

Capo: 4 fret 

Intro 
C  G 



[Verso 1]
 
    C 
For almost seven years, 
              G 
We worked the Richmond-Danville railway, 
C                                G 
Clearing land and laying out the lines, 
    C 
The work is hard and days are long, 
G                Am7 
Out there in the train yard, 
    C                  D 
But I'll take swinging hammers, 
     Am7          Em 
Over doing prison time. 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
      C                                G            Am7 
Well, I ain't seen my family now since I was twenty-seven, 
C                               G 
Sometimes life is ugly and it's mean, 
  C                            G               Am7 
I miss my little babies, and I miss my darling Mary, 
C               D              Am7         Em 
If only I could get back to my Mississippi Queen. 
 


[Refrão]
 
Em    G       D 
Mary, love of mine, 
     C               G 
I'll be there right away, 
C              G 
Running like a river, 
       D 
On its way down to the sea, 
Em       G    D 
Ain't no one alive, 
        C                 G 
Who can sing the song you sing, 
        C              G 
There's no one else on earth for me, 
   D           Em    Em 
My Mississippi Queen, 
   D           G      G 
My Mississippi Queen. 
 


[Verso 2]
 
  C 
A little after midnight, 
         G                Am7 
When the walking boss was sleeping, 
   C                              G 
We busted down the doors and got away. 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
      C 
Well, they went heading westbound, 
     G                   Am7 
On a freight train to Kentucky, 
    C                  D 
I'm begging you, sweet Jesus, 
        Am7             Em 
Help me find my love, I pray. 
 


[Refrão]
 
Em    G       D 
Mary, love of mine, 
     C               G 
I'll be there right away, 
C              G 
Running like a river, 
       D 
On its way down to the sea, 
Em       G    D 
Ain't no one alive, 
        C                 G 
Who can sing the song you sing, 
        C              G 
There's no one else on earth for me, 
   D           Em   Em 
My Mississippi Queen, 
   D           G 
My Mississippi Queen. 


{Instrumental} 
G  C 
G  Am7  C 
G  C 
G  Am7  C   D 
Am7  Em 
G  D 
C  G 
C  G  D 
Em G D 
C  G 
C  G  D  Em 
D  G 
G 
 

[Ponte]
 
   C 
So Danville down to Bristol, 
        G           Am7 
Johnson City, Chattanooga, 
  C                                     G 
I ran straight down the Tennessee state line, 
C 
Huntsville down to Birmingham, 
  G            Am7 
Columbus Mississippi, 
   C               D 
If I can't be with Mary, 
        Am7            Em  Em 
I think I would rather die. 
 


[Refrão]
 
Em    G       D 
Mary, love of mine, 
     C               G 
I'll be there right away, 
C              G 
Running like a river, 
       D 
On its way down to the sea, 
Em       G    D 
Ain't no one alive, 
        C                 G 
Who can sing the song you sing, 
        C              G 
There's no one else on earth for me, 
   D           Em    Em 
My Mississippi Queen, 
   D           G 
My Mississippi Queen. 
 

Outro 
Em G D 
C  G 
C  G  D 
Em G D 
C  G 
C  G  D  Em 
Em 
Am7  C Em 
Am7  C Em