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