[Verse 1]
C D G
January came and took my heart away
G Am G D C
Feb-ru-a-ry felt the same
Bm Am 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 Am G D C Am
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 Am G D C
Instead, I visited family
Bm Am
They told me I'm special
D C
Hmm
[Verse 2]
C D G
Augustus came and stabilised me with my father's pain
G Am G D C
Relieving drug, diazepam
Bm 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 Am G D C Bm Am
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 Em G D
If it's depths to your rivers, I've picked one for you
G/D Em G D
Oh, greedy with Ss but equalled by Is
G/D Em G D
If it's stones for your pockets, I've collected a few
G/D Em
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 Em G D
G/D Em G D
G/D Em G D
G/D Em 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