Chords for Happy Traum - Mississippi John - Live at McCabe's

_ So another great influence on our playing, all of us, was the great
Mississippi John Hurt.
_ And _ who's that?
_ _ _ I just [E] pulled it out of a hat, I don't know. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ My favorite guitar player.
Yeah, did you get to hear him play [B] live?
Yes, many times.
Yeah, me too.
_ And he only had a short span of time that he was playing in the North for
white kids like us, but _ _ those were very formative years for a lot of people.
_ So after John passed away a few years later, _ I wrote the song in his [E] honor and
I've been singing it ever since.
[B] _ And we're gonna try to sort of _ _ incorporate
some of John Hurt's tunes into this song, see what comes out.
This is highly
_ improvisational, shall we say.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You know Mississippi John, he's long [A]
gone.
[E] _ _ We ain't gonna [B] hear his old-time [E] songs.
I may be right, [A] I may be [F#] wrong.
_ [B] We're gonna miss old [E] Mississippi John. _
_ _ _ _ Well I loved it so [A] much I can't tell.
[E]
When he sang [B] my Creole Belle, [E] rich land [A] woman and candy man.
[Em] [B] No one could tell it
[F#] like [E] old John _ can.
[A] _ _ _ _
Like this.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
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_ Now when Mississippi John [A] walked in a room, [E] put
his guitar [B] into tune, with [E] his old slouch [A] hat, his open _ [A#m] [B] smile, the whole world sang
and John [E] Hurt [C#m] style. _
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_ Now old Skip _ [A] James, Mississippi Fred, [E] they're both [D] lying in
[B] the graveyard _ [E] dead.
Big Bill Broonzy, [A] River Davis too, who's [B] left to [F#m] sing them
[E] old-time blues. _ _ _
_ Yes and Mississippi John, [A] he's long gone.
[E] _ Ain't gonna hear his [B] old-time _ [E] songs.
I may be right, [A] I may [F#] be wrong.
[Bm] _ We're gonna
[B] miss old _ [E] Mississippi [F#] John.
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
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[C#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [G#] _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Let's see what's another song of John's.
How about _
_ _ [A] _ [A#] _ [B] _ Angels _ _ laid [E] him away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Laid him six feet _ [A] under _ the clay.
_ [E] The _ _ [B] angels _ laid [E] him away. _
_ _ Miss [B] _ _ _
Collins weep, _ [E] Miss _ Collins _ _ moan.
_ See her son _ [A] Louis _ leaving _ home.
_ [E] The _ [B] angels laid [E] him away. _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
The angels _ laid him [E] away.
_ Oh boy. _ _ _
Laid him six feet [A] under _ the clay.
[E] The _ _ [B] angels laid [E] him away.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
Bob shot _ one, _ [E]
Louis shot two.
_ They shot poor Collins, shot [A] him through and through.
_ _ Oh [E] the _ angels [B] laid him [E]
away.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [B] The _ _ angels laid [E] him away. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Laid him six feet [A] _
under the clay.
_ [E]
The angels _ [B] _ laid [E] him away.
_ _ _ _ [B] When the women _ all _ heard [E]
that Louis was dead, _ _ they all went home and [A] they dressed in _ red.
_ [E]
The _ [B] angels laid [E] him away.
If you know this, sing it with us.
[B] _ The _ _ angels laid [E] him away. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Laid him six feet [A] _
under the clay.
_ [E]
The angels [B] _ _ laid [E] him away.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Don't you think it's _ odd to see poor Louis in [A] that new graveyard?
_ _ Oh [E] the _ angels [B] _ laid him [E]
away.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [A#] _ [B] _
The angels _ laid him [E]
away. _ _ _ _ _ _
Laid him six feet [A] under _ _ the clay.
_ [E] The _ angels [B] laid [E] him away.
Pick it again Jim.
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_ [B] _ _ [E] Sing the chorus one more time.
_ [B] _ The _ _ angels laid [E] him away. _
_ _ _ They _ laid him six feet [A] under _ the clay.
[E] The _ angels [B] _ laid [E] him away. _
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_ _ _ _ Thank you [N] all so much.
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