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