D            G                            C
you can take me back to a good old home
C
and love and people that taught
               G
in that mississippi valley even on a sunday morning
G                            D9
you know that i’ll be there
 G                                                      C
and we all come back for to be with you good neighbor
C                                            G
live a good life in the mississippi  valley
G
down on the river you know that’s where i want to be
G                                                   C
and the night  comes on like blanket chilly winds
C                                          G
people come out in the mississippi valley
 G                                                   D9
western kentucky cairo over there in south saint louis
G                                                      C
theres a baseball game  at the legion post on tuesday
C
have a good ride on the Julia Belle Swain go

down to the river you know thats where i want to be


[Chorus]
C
and the fields of corn and the banjo music
G
catfish frying toe boat payload
G                                    D9
pushing up stream against the stars
G                                                      C
and a letter come back from a girl in  calhoun county
C                                             G
here in the middle of the mississippi valley
G
im in love and you know thats where i want to be


[Chorus]
C
and the fields of corn and the banjo music
G
catfish frying toe boat payload
G                                    D9
pushing up stream against the stars
G                                                      C
and a letter come back from a girl in  calhoun county
C                                             G
here in the middle of the mississippi valley
G
im in love and you know thats where i want to be