Intro
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I'm growing tired of the big city nights
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Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights
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In all my dreams I am roaming once more
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Back to my home on the old river shore
[Verse 1]
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I am sad and weary far away from home
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Miss the Mississippi and you dear
[Verse 2]
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Nights are dark and dreary, everywhere I roam
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Miss the Mississippi and you
[Bridge]
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Roaming this wide world over
F7 A#
Always alone and blue, blue
[Verse 3]
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Nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's dome
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Miss the Mississippi and you
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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Memories are bringing happy days of yore
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Missing Mississippi and you
[Verse 5]
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Mocking birds are singing around the cabin door
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Missing Mississippi and you
[Bridge]
G# D#
Rolling this wide world over
F7 A#
Always alone and blue, so blue
[Verse 6]
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Longing for my homeland, muddy water shore
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Miss the Mississippi and you
[Coda]
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