Mississippi Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays482

Mississippi by Barbara Fairchild is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords C, G, D, D7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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The best known version of this song was performed by Pussycat  
however I had the Barbara Fairchild version chorded out so in  
the interests of saving time here is a copy of her version.  
There are a few minor differences in the words but otherwise  
both versions are identical.  
  
Mississippi  
  
Barbara Fairchild  
  
Intro: C    C    G    G    D    D7    G    G     


  
      G  
Where You Can Hear A Country Song For Far  
                                  D 
When Someone Plays A Honky Tonk Gui-tar  
       D7                              G   
Where All The Lights Will Go Out One By One  
                    A7                       D 
Where People Join The Sun And The Wind Takes It A-way  
  
          G  
Where The Mississipp Rolls Down To The Sea  
                                     D  
And Lovers Find A Place They Like To Be  
     D7                             G 
How Many Times Before The Song Was Ending  
               D            D7           G  
Love And Under-standing --- Everywhere A-round  
  
Chorus:  
 G          D        D7            G 
Mi--issis--sippi --- I'll Remember You  
 G                        D  
Whenever I Shall Go Away I'll Be Longing For The Day  
A7                           D  
That I Will Be In Dreamville A-gain  
G       D        D7            G  
M--issis--sippi You'll Be On My Mind  
C                      G                          D  
Everytime I Hear This Song -- Mississippi Roll A-long  
 D7               G   
Until The End Of Time {INTRO} 
  
        G 
Now The Country Song Forever Lost It's Soul   
                                          D  
When The Guitar Picker Turned To Rock And Roll  
    D7                                 G 
And Every Time The Summer Nights Are Falling  
                 D           D7              G 
I Always Will Be Calling -- Dreams Of Yester-day  
  
Repeat Chorus:  
  
  


    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante