Johnny Cash – Mississippi Sand chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
E                                      B I was born down in the bottoms of the flat black Delta land
                                A           EI grew up picking cotton in the Mississippi sand
                                    AMy mama said son take that girl and go make her your wife
             B                                  EOr you'll be stuck here in this mud all of your life

[Chorus]
         A             E            B             EWill the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
         A             E                B                 EWill the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
      A                    E          B                   EBut a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
                         B           EOr he'll get left in the Mississippi sand

[Verse 2]
E                                      B A stranger came to town with two torn shoes upon his feet
                                 A                ESinging songs of sadness picking girls off of the street
                                    AHe made a little bit of music was a leader of a band
         B                              EAnd they call him the muddy Mississippi band

[Verse 3]
E                        B My girl was Ruby Colter and she was on her teens
                              A                   EI took her out to churches to socials schools and things
                                          AShe was a rose just right for picking and he nipped her in the bud
       B                                EAnd he left her here in the Mississippi mud

[Chorus]
         A             E            B             EWill the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
         A             E                B                 EWill the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
      A                    E          B                   EBut a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
                         B           EOr he'll get left in the Mississippi sand

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
E                                   B Then me and old Carl we caught him right down by the store
                                    A               EWe choked him just a little bit and held him to the floor
                                      AWe relived him of his pocketbook, his blood and other things
        B                           ENow the Mississippi man's no longer mean

[Chorus]
         A             E            B             EWill the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
         A             E                B                 EWill the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
      A                    E          B                   EBut a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
                         B           EOr he'll get left in the Mississippi sand

[Outro]
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