{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":53400,"song":"Mississippi Squirrel Revival","artist":"Ray Stevens","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11540518-mississippi-squirrel-revival-chords-by-ray-stevens/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/53400?type=chord","rating":4.80605,"votes":85,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell when I was kid I'd take a trip[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEvery summer[/tab]\r\n\r\nDown to Mississippi\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo visit my granny in her ante bellum world[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd run barefooted all day long[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nClimbing trees free as a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne day I happened catch myself a squirrel[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI stuffed him down in an old shoebox[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPunched a couple holes in the top[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand when Sunday came I snuck him into church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI was sittin way back in the very last pew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShowin him to my good buddy Hugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen that squirrel got loose[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd went totally berserk![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell what happened next is hard to tell[/tab]\r\n\r\nSome thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell\r\n\r\nBut the fact that something was among us\r\n\r\nWas plain to see\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs the choir sang \"I Surrender All\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe squirrel ran up Harv Newlan's coveralls\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHarv leaped to his feet and said[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Somethin's got a hold on me! YEOW!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe day the squirrel went berserk[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIn the First Self-Righteous Church[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn that sleepy little town of Pascagoula[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was a fight for survival[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat broke out in revival[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were jumpin pews and shouting Hallelujah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, Harv hit the aisles dancin' and screamin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome thought he had religion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOthers thought he had a demon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Harv thought he had a weed eater loose in his Fruit-Of-The-Looms[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe fell to his knees to plead and beg[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the squirrel ran out of his britches leg[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUnobserved, to the other side of the room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll the way down to the amen pew[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere sat Sister Bertha better-than-you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho'd been watchin' all the commotion with sadistic glee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nshould've seen that look in her eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe jumped to her feet and said \"Lord have mercy on me\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs the squirrel made laps inside her dress[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe began to cry and then to confess to sins that would make a sailor blush with shame\r\n\r\nShe told of gossip and church dissension but the thing that got the most attention\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas when she talked about her love life[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then she started naming names![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe day the squirrel went berserk[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the First Self-Righteous Church[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn that sleepy little town of Pascagoula[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was a fight for survival[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat broke out in revival[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were jumpin pews and shouting Hallelujah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell seven deacons and then the pastor got saved[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd 25,000 dollars got raised\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd 50 volunteered for missions in the Congo on the spot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd even without an invitation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were at least 500 rededications[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we all got re-baptized whether we needed it or not[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow you've heard the Bible stories I guess[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf how He parted the waters for Moses to pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the miracles God has brought to this ol' world[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut the one I'll remember to my dyin day[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs how he put that church back on the narrow way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a half-crazed Mississippi squirrel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe day the squirrel went berserk[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIn the First Self-Righteous Church[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn that sleepy little town of Pascagoula[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was a fight for survival[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThat broke out in revival[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were jumpin pews and shouting Hallelujah! (2x)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nF C F C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nDown to Mississippi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell\n\nBut the fact that something was among us\n\nWas plain to see\n\n\n\nThe squirrel ran up Harv Newlan's coveralls\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe began to cry and then to confess to sins that would make a sailor blush with shame\n\nShe told of gossip and church dissension but the thing that got the most attention\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nAnd 25,000 dollars got raised\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F","C","A7","D","G","A","Gm","Am","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}