Intro: A
Verse: 1
A D
Son of river man, muddy water's all I've known
A Bm Em
I was born out on the banks, Mama died when I was young
E A D Bm
Just before my daddy left, he hollered out at me
A
"Son you're a child of the Mississippi"
D
My schoolin' was a steamboat, and I was educated well
A B E
On a sternin' double wheeler, where I learned my rebel yell
A D B
Then I started roustaboutin' at the age of thirteen
A E A
Lord, I'm a child of the Mississippi
Em A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
Em A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
D B
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
A F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
B E A
Sweet child of the Mississippi
Verse: 2
A D
I know every stretch of river, I know every railroad bridge
A B E
From up in St. Paul Minnesota, down south to the Memphis pyramid
A D B
Lord she's proud and she's lonesome, and I've known since I was a kid
A E A
I was a child of the Mississippi
Em A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
Em A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
D B
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
A F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
B E
Sweet child of the Mississippi
Solo
Em A Em A
D B A F#
B E A
Bridge
G A
Well I sure miss my mama, and I even miss ol' Pa
D B E
But I love that muddy water most of all
Em A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
Em A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
D B
I was a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
A F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
B E A
Sweet child of the Mississippi
B E A
Sweet child of the Mississippi
B E A
Sweet child of the Mississippi
B E G
Sweet child of the Mississippi
Outro: A A7