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            Jimmie Rodgers   Miss The Mississippi And You      Capo-1    Bill Halley 1932     Ddim7 = XX0101
[Intro]
D   D7   G   Gm   D   Ddim7   A7    D
[Verse]
D            B7           Em
I'm growing tired of the big cities lights
              A7        Dbim7        D
Tired of the glamor and tired of the sights
G         D           B7            Em
In all my dreams I am roaming once more
E7          E7*         A        A7
Back to my home on the old river shore
[Verse]
D             D7    G            Gm    D              A7       D   A7
I am sad and weary far away from home missing Mississippi and you dear
D                 D7     G            Gm     D              A7       D    D7
Days are dark and dreary everywhere I roam   Missing Mississippi and you
G                      D    D7    Bm     E7        A    A7
Roaming the wide world over,    Always alone and blue, blue
D                D7        G             Gm       D          A7         D    D7
Nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's dome.  Missing Mississippi and you
YODEL:
       G                         D
Yo de le-ee ou de le-ee     de ou le-ee ou de le-ee
               A7          D
Ou le-ee ou de le-ee ou de le-ee
[Verse]
D             D7        G            Gm     D            A7        D     A7
Memories are bringing happy days of yore. Missing Mississippi and you
D                 D7     G                Gm   D              A7         D  D7
Mockingbirds are singing round the cabin door. Missing Mississippi and you
[Verse]
G                       D     Bm     E7       A         A7
Roaming the wide world over, always alone and blue so blue
D                  D7       G         Gm     D           A7          D
Longing for my homeland, muddy water shore. Miss the Mississippi and you
YODEL:
       G                      D
Yo de le-ee ou de le-ee de ou le-ee ou de le-ee
            A7    D
Mississippi and you 
        
                