Down In Mississippi (And Up To No Good) Chords

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Down In Mississippi (And Up To No Good) by Sugarland is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro - Start strumming in (D)  
 
(D) Friday, payday, lordy got to get away 
Had it with the wife thing, living on a shoe string 
(G) What's a poor girl got to do just to have some (D) fun  
Well all these years without any help  
Guess what honey clothes just don't wash themselves  
(G) Neither do dishes, neither does the bathroom (D) floor  
So now if (A) anyone asks, not that they would  
I'll be (G) down in Mississippi and (A) up to no (D) good  
 
(D) No more, what a bore, had enough, I'm out the door  
Headed for a breakdown, had it with the small town  
(G) Gonna call Lisa, gonna call Carla (D) Sue  
Well now, we're gonna let it roll, gonna let it rip  
Gonna get us a nice room down on the strip  
(G) Not that we'll need it, there won't be any sleepin' to-(D)-ni-iii-ight  
So now, if (A) anyone asks, not that they would  
We'll be (G) down in Mississippi and (A) up to no (D) good  
 
Chorus 
We-ee-ll (G) hammer down, here we go  
Runnin' for the riverboat  
(D) All you're gonna see is asses and elbows  
(G) Luck's about to change, for these three queens  
(A) Tired of getting' jokers, deal us up ki-nn-nn-ngs  
 
Instrumental Break -  Follow pattern of verse that starts 'Snake Eyes'* 
(D)        (G)        (D)        (A)        (G)   (A) (D)  
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
* (D) Snake eyes, roll the dice, double down and hit me twice  
Cashin' the big chips, gonna leave a big tip  
(G) Hotter than a two dollar pistol baby I'm on (D) fi-ii-ire  
So now if (A) anyone asks, and not that they would  
I'll be (G) down in Mississippi and (A) up to no (D) good  
 
Well now if (A) anyone asks, and not that they would  
I'll be (G) down in Mississippi and (A) up to no (D) good 
 
Yeahahhhhhhh                                        (D) / 
 

    	

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100 BPM Andante