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