Mississippi Goddam
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Spoken Introduction
The name of this tune is
Mississippi Goddam
And I mean every word of it
[Verse 1] x2
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about
Mississippi Goddam
Can't you see it
Can't you feel it
It's all in the air
I can't stand the pressure much
longer
Somebody say a prayer
Chorus
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about
Mississippi Goddam
(This is a show tune, but the
show hasn't been written for it,
yet)
Verse 2
Hound dogs on my trail
F#m7b5
School children sitting in jail
Black cat cross my path
I think every day's gonna be my
last
Lord have mercy on this land of
mine
We all gonna get it in due time
F#m7b5
I don't belong here
I don't belong there
I've even stopped believing in
prayer
Don't tell me, I'll tell you
F#m7b5
Me and my people just about due
I've been there so I know
They keep on saying "Go slow!"
Chorus
But that's just the trouble
"too slow"
Washing the windows
"too slow"
Picking the cotton
"too slow"
You're just plain rotten
"too slow"
You're too damn lazy
"too slow"
The thinking's crazy
"too slow"
Where am I going
What am I doing
I don't know
I don't know
Just try to do your very best
Stand up, be counted with all
the rest
Cause everybody knows about
Mississippi Goddam
(I bet you thought I was
kidding, didn't you)
Verse 3
Picket lines, school boycotts
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
For my sister, my brother, my
people, and me
Yes, you lied to me all these
years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a
lady
And you'd stop calling me Sister
Sadie
Oh but this whole country is
full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
"Go slow!"
Chorus
But that's just the trouble
"too slow"
Desegregation
"too slow"
Mass participation
"too slow"
Reunification
"too slow"
Do things gradually
"too slow"
But bring more tragedy
"too slow"
C/E F9#11
Why don't you see it
Why don't you feel it
I don't know
I don't know
Chorus
You don't have to live next to
me
Just give me my equality
Cause everybody knows about
Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about
Mississippi Goddam
Spoken Outro
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