Mister And Mississippi

  C               Am        F    
I can't recall my mother, I don't
          G
 remember dad
C                  Am        D  
Mister and Missis- sippi was all
        G
 I ever had
    F             C               
Oh, I was born to wander, oh I was
      C/B Am
 born to roam
    C                  Am    D   
And Mister and Missis- sippi made
    G       C
 me feel at home

[Chorus]
    F                     C     
Oh, I was born to wander, I was 
C/G     Am
born to roam
    C                  Am    F   
And Mister and Missis- sippi made
    G       C
 me feel at home

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   C              Am        F    
My cradle was the river, my 
          G
school a river boat
   C             Am         
My teacher was a gambler, the 
  D               G
slickest one a- float
   F             Am         
My teacher was a gambler, the 
  C               Am
slickest one a- float
   C                Em     F    
He taught me not to gamble on a 
G      C
petti- coat

[Chorus]
    F                     C     
Oh, I was born to wander, I was 
C/G     Am
born to roam
    C                  Em    F   
And Mister and Missis- sippi made
    G       C
 me feel at home

[Verse]
    C     C/G                     
Oh, Betty Mae, I (Am )love you, I 
F         F#    G
love you, Betty Mae
  C        Am     C/E          D
I love you like a barefoot boy 
              G
loves a summer day
    F               F#dim G      
The way a wand'ring gypsy loves 
            Am
the changing scenes
     C        Am       Em    F  
Just like the restless river 
       G       C
loves old New Or- leans

[Chorus]
    F                     C     
Oh, I was born to wander, I was 
C/G     Am
born to roam
    C                  Em    F   
And Mister and Missis- sippi made
    G       C
 me feel at home -----