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  10 <h1 class="songtitle">Mississippi</h1>
  11 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  12   Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Love And Theft</a> (2001)<br />
  13   Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  14 <hr />
  15 <p>A rare instance of a Dylan song with an ascending bass line (but there are others &ndash; &ldquo;Like A Rolling Stone&rdquo; is one).</p>
  16 <p>The G at the end of the verses is probably best played G7sus4 (3x301x). G11 (3x3211) is another possibility.<br />
  17   The F chords in the verses could be played Fmaj7 (133210)<br />
  18   Use G=320033 for the bridge section &ndash; just hold the -33 on the lighter strings and play the ascent in the bass. <br />
  19   The &ldquo;/d&rdquo; in that passage (&ldquo;Don't even have anything&rdquo;) contains an <em>f</em>; a possibility is to switch to G7sus4/d (x53533) here &ndash; or just leave out the <em>f</em>.</p>
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  22 Intro (actually played one octave higher):
  23
  24   C       /d      /e      /f        G           C
  25   :       .       .       .         :       .       .       .
  26 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  27 |-----1-------1-------1-------1---|-3---3-------5-------------------|
  28 |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-5---4-------5-------------------|
  29 |---------0-------2-------3-------|-5---5-------5-------------------|
  30 |-3-------------------------------|-------------3-------------------|
  31 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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  33 <pre class="verse">
  34 C                  Csus4 C              Csus4
  35  Every step of the way,   we walk the line.
  36 C              Csus4    C       F
  37  Your days are numbered, so are mine.
  38 C                F    C               F
  39 Time is piling up, we struggle and we scrape.
  40 C      /d        /e  /f G         C
  41  We're all boxed in,  nowhere to escape.
  42
  43 City's just a jungle, more games to play.
  44 Trapped in the heart of it, trying to get away.
  45 I was raised in the country, I been working in the town.
  46 I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down.
  47
  48    G            /a      /b               /c
  49     Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
  50    /d              /e             F       G
  51    Don't even have anything for myself anymore
  52    G           /a   /b            /c
  53    Sky full of fire, pain pouring down
  54    /d              /e            F        G
  55    Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around.
  56
  57 All my powers of expression, I thought so sublime,
  58 Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme
  59 Only one thing I did wrong,
  60 Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
  61
  62 Well, the devil's in the alley, mule's in the stall
  63 Say anything you want to, I have heard it all
  64 I was thinking about the things that Rosie said
  65 I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed
  66 Walking through the leaves falling from the trees
  67 Feeling like a stranger nobody sees.
  68 So many things that we never will undo
  69 I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too.
  70    Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
  71    Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
  72    I need something strong to distract my mind
  73    I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind
  74 Well, I got here following the southern star
  75 I crossed that river just to be where you are
  76 Only one thing I did wrong
  77 Stayed in Mississippi a day too long.
  78
  79 Well, my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast.
  80 I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past.
  81 But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free.
  82 I got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me.
  83 Everybody moving, if they ain't already there.
  84 Everybody got to move somewhere
  85 Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow,
  86 Things should start to get interesting right about now
  87    My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
  88    Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
  89    I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
  90    So give me your hand and say you'll be mine *)
  91 Now the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay
  92 You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way
  93 Only one thing I did wrong
  94 Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
  95 </pre>
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  97 <p class="footnotes">*) In the light of the reference to Othello and Desdemona in <a href="po_boy.htm" class="songlink">Po' Boy</a>, the following exchange from <em>Measure for Measure</em> is interesting (submitted by Mike Conley): </p>
  98 <p class="quote footnotes"><em>Duke Vincentio [to Isabella]</em>:<br />
  99   If he be like your brother, for his sake<br />
 100   Is he pardon'd; and, for your lovely sake,<br />
 101   Give me your hand and say you will be mine. (Act V, Scene I, 484&ndash;486)
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