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