Old Crow Medicine Show – Child Of The Mississippi chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
A                      DSon of river man, muddy water's all I've known
     A                              Bm                 EmI was born out on the banks, Mama died when I was young
E      A                        D                BmJust before my daddy left, he hollered out at me
                 A"Son you're a child of the Mississippi"
                                         DMy schoolin' was a steamboat, and I was educated well
       A                                     B               EOn a sternin' double wheeler, where I learned my rebel yell
         A                            D              BThen I started roustaboutin' at the age of thirteen
            A    E               ALord, I'm a child of the Mississippi

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

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

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

[Solo]
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[Bridge]
     G                        AWell I sure miss my mama, and I even miss ol' Pa
      D               B              EBut I love that muddy water most of all

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

[Outro]
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