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