Chords for Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam

_ _ _ _ _ Mississippi Gone Damn. _
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_ _ _ _ Mississippi Gone Damn is our last tune.
We had some requests for it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Alabama's got me so upset.
_ _ Tennessee made [C] me lose [D] my rest.
And [E] everybody [C] _ [D] knows about [G] Mississippi Gone Damn.
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ Alabama's got me so upset.
_ _ Tennessee [Am] made me lose my rest.
[E] And everybody [D] _
knows about Mississippi [G] _ Gone Damn. _
_ _ _ _ [B] Can't you see it?
[G] I _ _ _ _ [C] _ know it's all in the air.
[A] I can't stand the pressure much [D] longer. _
Somebody say a prayer.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ Alabama's got me so upset.
And Governor Wallace has made me [C] lose [D] my rest.
And [E] everybody [Am] _ [D] knows about [G] Mississippi _ Gone [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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Damn.
Hound dogs on my trail. _ _
_ School children sitting in [F#] jail.
_ _ Black [B] cat crossed my [Em] path.
I think every day's gonna be my last. _
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_ Lord have mercy on the land of mine.
We all gonna get it in due time.
[F#] I don't belong here.
[B] I don't belong [Em] there.
I've even stopped [Bm] believing [Em] in prayer. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Don't tell me I'll tell you.
_ Me and my people just about [Am] do.
_ I've been [B] there so I [Em] know.
They keep on [Bm] saying [Em] go _ slow. _ _ _ _ _ _
That's just the trouble. _ _ _
Washing the _ windows. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] We're just plain rotten. _ _ _
[F#] Too damn lazy. _ _ _
[C] I think it's [B] _ crazy. _
Where [F] am I [Em] going?
What [A] am I doing?
[D#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ I don't know.
[G] _ Just try to do my very best.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Count of all the rest.
_ [E] [C] Everybody [D] knows about [G] Mississippi _ Gone [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Damn.
Picket lines.
School _ boycotts.
They try to say it's a communist plot.
[F#] All I want is [F#m] equality.
[Em] For my sister, my [Bm] brother, my [Em] people and me. _ _ _ _ _ _
You lied to me all these years.
You told me to wash and clean my [F#] ears.
And talk [B] real fine just like a [Em] lady.
And you'd stop [Bm] calling me [Em] Sister _ Sadie. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My country is full of lies.
We're all gonna die and die like [F#] flies.
I don't [B] trust nobody anymore.
[Em] They keep on [Bm] saying go [Em] slow.
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That's just the trouble. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Desegregation. _ _
[Am] Mass participation. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ Unification. _ _ _
[F#] Do things gradually. _ _
[C] Will bring more [B] tragedy. _ _ _
[A] [F] Why don't you see [Em] it?
[A] Why don't you feel [D#] it?
I _ _ [D] don't _ [G] know.
You have to live next to me.
Just give me my [C] [D] equality.
_ [Am] _
[E] Everybody [Am] _ knows about Alabama.
[Em] Everybody [D] knows about Mississippi. _
[E] Everybody [F#] knows about _ [G] Mississippi Gone.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] That's it. _
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[C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [N] _ _