Mississippi, You're On My Mind
Jesse Winchester
 
CAPO 1st Fret 
 
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I think I see, a wagon rutted road
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With the weeds growing tall between the tracks
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And along one side, runs a rusty barbed wire fence
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And beyond that sits an old tar paper shack
 
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh oh, Mississippi you're on my mind
 
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I think I hear a noisy old John Deere
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In a field specked with dirty cotton lint
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And below the field, runs a little shady creek
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And there you'll find the cool green leaves of mint
 
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh oh, Mississippi you're on my mind
 
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I think I smell, the honeysuckle vine
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The heavy sweetness like to make me sick
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And the dogs, my God, they're hungry all the time
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And the snakes are sleeping where the weeds are thick
 
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh oh, Mississippi you're on my mind
 
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I think I feel, an angry oven heat
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The southern sun just blazes in the sky
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In the dusty weeds an old fat grasshopper jumps
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I want to make it to that creek before I fry
 
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh oh, Mississippi you're on my mind
 
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Mississippi you're on my mind
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Oh oh, Mississippi you're on my mind