Mississippi Queen

BPM: 110 Capo: 4 fret Intro C G [Verso 1] C For almost seven years, G We worked the Richmond-Danville railway, C G Clearing land and laying out the lines, C The work is hard and days are long, G Am7 Out there in the train yard, C D But I'll take swinging hammers, Am7 Em Over doing prison time. [Pré-Refrão] C G Am7 Well, I ain't seen my family now since I was twenty-seven, C G Sometimes life is ugly and it's mean, C G Am7 I miss my little babies, and I miss my darling Mary, C D Am7 Em If only I could get back to my Mississippi Queen. [Refrão] Em G D Mary, love of mine, C G I'll be there right away, C G Running like a river, D On its way down to the sea, Em G D Ain't no one alive, C G Who can sing the song you sing, C G There's no one else on earth for me, D Em Em My Mississippi Queen, D G G My Mississippi Queen. [Verso 2] C A little after midnight, G Am7 When the walking boss was sleeping, C G We busted down the doors and got away. [Pré-Refrão] C Well, they went heading westbound, G Am7 On a freight train to Kentucky, C D I'm begging you, sweet Jesus, Am7 Em Help me find my love, I pray. [Refrão] Em G D Mary, love of mine, C G I'll be there right away, C G Running like a river, D On its way down to the sea, Em G D Ain't no one alive, C G Who can sing the song you sing, C G There's no one else on earth for me, D Em Em My Mississippi Queen, D G My Mississippi Queen. {Instrumental} G C G Am7 C G C G Am7 C D Am7 Em G D C G C G D Em G D C G C G D Em D G G [Ponte] C So Danville down to Bristol, G Am7 Johnson City, Chattanooga, C G I ran straight down the Tennessee state line, C Huntsville down to Birmingham, G Am7 Columbus Mississippi, C D If I can't be with Mary, Am7 Em Em I think I would rather die. [Refrão] Em G D Mary, love of mine, C G I'll be there right away, C G Running like a river, D On its way down to the sea, Em G D Ain't no one alive, C G Who can sing the song you sing, C G There's no one else on earth for me, D Em Em My Mississippi Queen, D G My Mississippi Queen. Outro Em G D C G C G D Em G D C G C G D Em Em Am7 C Em Am7 C Em