Mississippi Summer June Tabor & The Oyster Band Chords

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My [E] hands [G] as cracked as [F] an august key, _ burned [G] in the sun [A] for a hundred years,
Burrowed [G] so deep you [F] could hide yourself, _ ain't [A] blood and cotton no more this year.
[C] I'll just sit on the porch with [E] my eagle eye, [F] _
watch for [D] a change in [E] the wind. _
[A] Roads [Gm] are as straight as [F] a shotgun barrel, long [G] as a bullet [A] in the _ skin.
Can't help how hard it gets _ [C] in _ _ [G] Mississippi, _ _ _
[A] can't help how dry it gets _ _
[E] _ in the summer _ sun. _
[A] _ Black as clouds swirl _ _
[C] _ all down [G] the delta, [A] I [Eb] just hope that [F] I don't die before the [A] harvest comes. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Black [G] clouds gathering at [F] the edge of town, but no [Gm] rain's gonna [A] fall on us.
Bows [G] rise and fall [F] in a distant field, earth [C] takes a beating [A] for all of us.
[C] I thought I heard the eagles' [E] calls overhead, [C] it was only [D] the crop dust [E] this plain. _
[A] [Em] Bows [G] rise and fall [F] like the beating of grains, Lord [G] send us [A] freedom and glory. _ _
Can't help how hard it gets _ _
[C] _ in [G] Mississippi, _ _ _
[A] can't help how dry it gets _
[E] _ in the summer _ _ sun.
[A] _ Black as clouds swirl _
[C] _ all down [G] the delta, _ [D]
[Eb] I just hope that I [F] don't die, _ _ hope that I don't die before the [A] harvest comes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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