[Verse 1]
A B E
January came and took my heart away
E F#m E B A
Feb-ru-a-ry felt the same
G#m F#m E
March, my hugs became hold ons
E B A
April, I huffed like porridge on the boil
A B E
Morning May, I'm downwind from your shampoo
E F#m E B A F#m
Ichi, ni, san, go, roku, nana, hachi, kyuu, jyuu
E B A
June, I learned to count to ten in Japanese
A B E
Dry July, like wiping skin from my skull
E F#m E B A
Instead, I visited family
G#m F#m
They told me I'm special
B A
Hmm
[Verse 2]
A B E
Augustus came and stabilised me with my father's pain
E F#m E B A
Relieving drug, diazepam
G#m F# E
Life floats away
E B A
October, I swam back for my birthday
A B E
Firework display in a cafeteria of my old school
E F#m E B A G#m F#m
Happ-i-er my cold, black sleep in my cold, deep bed
E B A
December, you sang at my funeral
[B-section]
E/B C#m E B
If it's depths to your rivers, I've picked one for you
E/B C#m E B
Oh, greedy with Ss but equalled by Is
E/B C#m E B
If it's stones for your pockets, I've collected a few
E/B C#m
To hold you down
E B
To hold you down
[Chorus]
A B E A
Mississippi, come back to me
A B E A
Oh, Mississippi, your cold, black sleep
A B E A
Oh, Mississippi
E B E
Oh, oh, oh
[Break]
E/B C#m E B
E/B C#m E B
E/B C#m E B
E/B C#m E B
[Chorus]
A B E A
Mississippi, come back to me
A B E A
Come, Mississippi, from your cold, black sleep
A B E A
Oh, Mississippi
E B E
Hmm
E B E
Hmm