{"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":2548782,"song":"Mississippi Goddam","artist":"Nina Simone","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2548782-mississippi-goddam-chords-by-nina-simone/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2548782?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":20,"content":"\r\n[Spoken Introduction]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]\r\nThe name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I mean every word of it\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] x2\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]\r\nAlabama's gotten me so upset[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTennessee made me lose my rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am/C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G11[/ch]\r\nCan't you see it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCan't you feel it[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIt's all in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI can't stand the pressure much longer[/tab]\r\n\r\nSomebody say a prayer\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]\r\nAlabama's gotten me so upset[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTennessee made me lose my rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am/C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      F#m7sus4 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n(This is a show tune, but the show hasn't been written for it, yet)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHound dogs on my trail[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F#m7b5[/ch]\r\nSchool children sitting in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBlack cat cross my path[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI think every day's gonna be my last[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on this land of mine[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe all gonna get it in due time\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m7b5[/ch]\r\nI don't belong here[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI don't belong there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've even stopped believing in prayer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDon't tell me, I'll tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F#m7b5[/ch]\r\nMe and my people just about due[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI've been there so I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey keep on saying \"Go slow!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut that's just the trouble[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWashing the windows[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nPicking the cotton[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou're just plain rotten[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#/C#[/ch]\r\nYou're too damn lazy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am/C[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe thinking's crazy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab][ch]C/E[/ch]        [ch]F9[/ch]\r\nWhere am I going[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWhat am I doing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb7[/ch]     [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nI don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D11[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI don't know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]\r\nJust try to do your very best[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nStand up, be counted with all the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am/C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    F#m7sus4 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nCause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n(I bet you thought I was kidding, didn't you)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPicket lines, school boycotts[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey try to say it's a communist plot\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7b5[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAll I want is equality[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nFor my sister, my brother, my people, and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYes, you lied to me all these years[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou told me to wash and clean my ears\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m7b5[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd talk real fine just like a lady[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh but this whole country is full of lies[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou're all gonna die and die like flies\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7b5[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI don't trust you any more[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nYou keep on saying \"Go slow!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"Go slow!\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut that's just the trouble[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n\r\nDesegregation\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nMass participation[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nReunification[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab][ch]F#/C#[/ch]\r\nDo things gradually[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am/C[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBut bring more tragedy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"too slow\"\r\n[tab][ch]C/E[/ch]           [ch]F9#11[/ch]\r\nWhy don't you see it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWhy don't you feel it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb7[/ch]     [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nI don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D11[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI don't know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]\r\nYou don't have to live next to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nJust give me my equality[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]A/C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nCause everybody knows about Mississippi[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]A/C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nEverybody knows about Alabama[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]A/C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F9[/ch] [ch]F9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody knows about Mississippi Goddam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Spoken Outro]\r\nThat's it!","plain_text":"[Spoken Introduction]\n\n\nAnd I mean every word of it\n\n[Verse 1] x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSomebody say a prayer\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe all gonna get it in due time\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nThey try to say it's a communist plot\n\n\n\n\n\nYou told me to wash and clean my ears\n\n\n\n\n\nYou're all gonna die and die like flies\n\n\n\n\"Go slow!\"\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\nDesegregation\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\"too slow\"\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Spoken Outro]\nThat's it!","chords":["G6","Am7","D7","Am/C","Bdim7","D","C/E","D/F#","G","G11","Cmaj7","A7","F#","B7","Em","F#m7b5","Em7","F#/C#","F9","Eb7","D11","F9#11","A/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}