Mississippi Lady

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With just a sleeping bag and an 
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old guitar, I left the band in New 
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Orleans
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I did some time with the bottle, 
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some with the river queens
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I never thought I would meet a girl
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who could turn my head around
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Till I met that Mississippi Lady 
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in sleepy Gulfport town

[Chorus]

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She was a Mississippi Lady, my 
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lovin' Gulfport gal
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She taught me how to love and she 
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really loved me well
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She took me up to heaven then she
            F#7
 brought me down
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That Mississippi Lady, Sweet 
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Cordelia Brown

[Verse 2]

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E           A               
Hot July in Gulfport and I was 
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working in the bars
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And she was working on the street
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 with the rest of the evening stars
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She said, "I never met a guy who 
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could turn my head around"
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And that's really sayin' something
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 for Sweet Cordelia Brown

[Chorus]

E                     A     
She was a Mississippi Lady, my 
   B               E
lovin' Gulfport gal
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She taught me how to love and she 
B               E
really loved me well
E                       A        
She took me up to heaven then she
            F#7
 brought me down
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That Mississippi Lady, Sweet 
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Cordelia Brown

[Verse 3]

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Now I'm back in New York City 
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playin' in a band
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But my mind's on Mississippi, is 
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it hard to understand?
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I never thought I would meet a 
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girl who could bring me that far 
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down
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Like the girl I met in Gulfport, 
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Sweet Cordelia Brown

[Chorus]

E                     A     
She was a Mississippi Lady, my 
   B               E
lovin' Gulfport gal
E                     A           
She taught me how to love and she 
B               E
really loved me well
E                       A        
She took me up to heaven then she
            F#7
 brought me down
E                A     B 
That Mississippi Lady, Sweet 
             E
Cordelia Brown
E                A     B 
That Mississippi Lady, Sweet 
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Cordelia Brown