Going Down To Mississippi

| G | C | G | G |
| G | C | D | D |
| G | G | C | G |
| G | C | D | D |

Tune down a whole step

[Intro]
G

G         C            G
I'm going down to Mississippi
    G         C               D
Oh, I'm going down a southern road
G                C       G
And if you never see me again
  G             C      D
Remember that I had to go
  G             C      D
Remember that I had to go

       G         C            G
It's a long road down to Mississippi
       G          C              D
It's a short road back the other way
       G                        
If the cops pull you over to the 
 C           G
side of the road
        G          C          D
No, You won't have nothing to say
        G          C          D
No, you won't have nothing to say

          G           C     
There's a man waiting down in 
       G
Mississippi
         G              C         
And he's waiting with a rifle in 
   D
his hand
         G                         
And he's looking down the road for 
   C            G
an out-of-state car
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       G                C         
And he thinks that he's fighting 
       D
for his land
        G                C        
Yes, he thinks that he's fighting 
        D
for his land

G         C            G
And he won't know the clothes I'm 
a-wearing
       G                C         
And he doesn't know the name that 
  D
I own
        G                    C    
But his gun is large and his hate 
   G
is hard
       G         C               
And he knows I'm coming down the 
D
road
        G         C               
Yes, he knows I'm coming down the 
D
road

G         C            G
Oh, it's not for the glory that I'm 
leaving
         G       C                
It's not trouble that I'm looking 
D
for
            G                      
But there's lots of good work 
  C          G
that's calling me down
        G             C     D
And the waiting won't do no more
        G             C     D
No, the waiting won't do no more

      G           C           
Don't call me the brave one for 
  G
going
    G           C           D
No, don't pin a medal to my name
    G                     C       
For even if there was any choice 
  G
to make
       G          C        D
I'd be going down just the same
       G          C        D
I'd be going down just the same

G         C            G
For someone's got to go to 
Mississippi
        G                 C       
Just as sure as there's a right 
            D
and there's a wrong
G                           C    
And even though you say the time 
     G
will change
G            C        D
That time is just too long
     G       C        D
That time is just too long

   G         C            G
So I'm going down to Mississippi
    G         C               D
Oh, I'm going down a southern road
    G            C      G
And if you never see me again
  G             C      D
Remember that I had to go
  G             C      D
Remember that I had to go

Notes: 
E|--Ph| il Ochs would play a riff 

E|between the first and the second 

E|lines (for instance: 

"I'm going down to Mississippi
Oh, I'm going down a southern road")
Right after he'd play a swift riff: 
deegg. I play this and I recommend 
keeping your 3rd and 4th fingers on 
the
B and (top) E string whilst using 
your first finger to hit that e.
--When listening to this tune I'm 
sometimes able to hear a quick ab on
 the A string right before the C 
major
chord hits.
--I'll just copy and paste. When 
listening to this tune I'm sometimes
 able to hear a bassline just before
 the
C major chord changes to a D major 
chord. For instance:

G         C            G
I'm going down to Mississippi
    G         C      b        D
Oh, I'm going down a southern road