Skippin In The Mississippi Dew
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste:
2nd traste
From the album "Mark Twang" (1976)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/50RbjjGWNHg?si=nQAEVU1cpF-3lNTf
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Capo on 2nd fret. If you want to play without capo, you can set the "Transpose" button
on +2.
[Intro]
| C | C | F | G |
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[Verse 1]
C
Well, I dream of a girl and a stern-wheel steamboat
F G
A pilothouse stove and engine room brass
C F C
Hanging on a post by the main deck stairway
G C
With a long hair skippin' in the Mississippi dew
[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
C F C
Oh, the river run wide, run deep, run muddy
F G
Oh, the river run long after I am gone
C F C
With the steamboat wheeling on a big wide bend
G C
Just skippin' in the Mississippi dew
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
C
Well, I went up the river come way last Sunday
F G
Twelve feet of water on the Memphis gauge
C F C
Wouldn't be home without the muddy water rolling
G C
Paddle wheel skippin' in the Mississippi dew
[Instrumental]
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C | F | G |
[Chorus]
C F C
Oh, the river run wide, run deep, run muddy
F G
Oh, the river run long after I am gone
C F C
With the steamboat wheeling on a big wide bend
G C
Just skippin' in the Mississippi dew
[Instrumental]
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C | F | G |
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[Verse 3]
C F C
Now it used to be Spring I'd ship on the river
F G
Thirty five days on a bally line load
C F C
I'd make a little money, get a springtime chicken
G C
And take off a skippin' in the Mississippi dew
[Instrumental]
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C | F | G |
[Chorus]
C F C
Oh, the river run wide, run deep, run muddy
F G
Oh, the river run long after I am gone
C F C
With the steamboat wheeling on a big wide bend
G C
Just skippin' in the Mississippi dew
[Instrumental]
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C | F | G |
[Chorus]
C F C
Oh, the river run wide, run deep, run muddy
F G
Oh, the river run long after I am gone
C F C
With the steamboat wheeling on a big wide bend
G C
Just skippin' in the Mississippi dew
[Outro]
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C | F | G |
| C | C |
How to play Skippin In The Mississippi Dew
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