Mississippi River Blues

Subject: Mississippi River Blues chords/lyrics Recorded by: Hank Snow on RCA Camden Written by: Jimmie Rodgers billw@nexicom.net Submitted by: Bill Winfield MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES C F C Oh you Mississippi River, with waters so deep and wide G7 C C7 My thoughts of you keep risin', just like an evening tide F C I'm just like a seagull that's left the sea G7 C C7 Oh your muddy waters keep on callin' me CHORUS; F I'm gonna pack my grip and head that way C You'll see me hanging 'round again some day G7 'Cause I know that's the only way to lose C The Mississippi River blues C7 I've often ridden on your bosom F C From Memphis down to New Orleans G7 C C7 Floating over muddy waters, drifting through familiar scenes F C And when I hear that whistle of an old steam boat G7 C C7 Down that Mississippi River again I'm a-going to float Repeat Chorus. C G7 C (for last line, substitute: That mean old Mississippi River Blues I don't know if this is the same song that "Helen" was looking for. But it sure is the Hank Snow version. I've been singing it for 20 years or more.