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