Lighting Up The Mighty Mississippi

CAPO: 3rd Fret Intro: C G F C G C G Big yellow moon, dark blue sky F G F G Lighting up the mighty Mississippi C G I'm headed home, I can't decide F G F G If my heart is just too full or just too empty F C G Through the thousands of miles of the rivers and hills F C G F And the highways I've come to know so well C G I always knew I could fall back on you C F G Now it wouldn't matter which way I fell C G Still, it's nice to keep moving, down the dotted line F G F G Past the tractors in their amber waves of grain C G If I keep my eyes open, take a little time Dm F G No two towns will ever look the same F Em G And sometimes on the AM radio F Em G I get a little local Polka show F C G And folks are friendly everywhere I go Instrumental: C Em G F C G C F Drank too much in Dayton, paid the whole next day C Em G The snow in South Dakota was so dry it blew away C F And it's not like someone's waiting when I get home anyway C G So, I leave for Portland pretty soon, then down through Monterey C G F Dm But right now this big old yellow moon is filling up the sky F G And lighting up the mighty Mississippi