Mister And Mississippi Chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Am] I _ [C] can't recall [A] my mother.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [F]
I don't remember [C] _ _ dad.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Mississippi _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
was [D] _ all I ever [G] _ _ had. _ _ _ _
[F] Oh, I was born to [Eb] wander.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ I was born [Am] to _ roam. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] Mr.
and _ [Em] Mississippi _ _ _ _ _
[F] made [C] me feel at home.
[F] Oh, I was born to wander.
[C] I was born to roam.
[Em] And Mr.
and Mississippi [C] made me feel at home. _ _
My cradle was the [F] river.
My school a [C] riverboat.
My [Am] teacher was [Em] a gambler, [D] the slickest one [G] afloat.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] And [C] he taught me not to gamble [F] on a [G] petticoat.
Oh, I was born to wander.
[C] I was born to roam.
And Mr.
and [G] Mississippi made me feel at home.
_ _ _ [C] Oh, Betty Mae, [Am] I love you.
[F] I love you, Betty [A] Mae.
I love [E] you like a barefoot [D] boy loves a [G] summer day.
[F] The way a wandering gypsy [C] loves the changing scenes.
Just like the restless river loves old New Orleans.
[F] I was born to wander.
[C] I was born to roam.
And Mr.
and Mississippi [F] [Em] made me feel at [C] home. _
_ _ _ _ _ I'd love a [Am] tiny village, _ _ _ a [F] quiet [C] country town. _
_ _ [Am] _ A house, _ a little [Em] _ garden _ _ with [D] _ kiddies running [G] round. _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ I'd be a faithful [Eb] husband. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] I'd be a trusting [Am] _
friend.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] Until I _ heard [Em] that _ _ steamboat _ _ _ [F] _
coming round [C] the bend.
_ [F] Oh, I was born to wander.
I [Am] was born to roam.
[C] And Mr.
and Mississippi made me feel at [F] home.
Oh, he was born to wander.
He was born to roam.
And Mr.
[E] and Mississippi [F] made [G] me feel [Ab] at home. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _