{"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":2705400,"song":"Mississippi Sand","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2705400-mississippi-sand-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2705400?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Author's Note - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuI1U0ufIO8\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n I was born down in the bottoms of the flat black Delta land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI grew up picking cotton in the Mississippi sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy mama said son take that girl and go make her your wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOr you'll be stuck here in this mud all of your life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWill the water roll it all way this secret that I hold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWill the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOr he'll get left in the Mississippi sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n A stranger came to town with two torn shoes upon his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSinging songs of sadness picking girls off of the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe made a little bit of music was a leader of a band[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd they call him the muddy Mississippi band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n My girl was Ruby Colter and she was on her teens[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI took her out to churches to socials schools and things[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe was a rose just right for picking and he nipped her in the bud[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he left her here in the Mississippi mud[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWill the water roll it all way this secret that I hold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWill the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOr he'll get left in the Mississippi sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n Then me and old Carl we caught him right down by the store[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe choked him just a little bit and held him to the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe relived him of his pocketbook, his blood and other things[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow the Mississippi man's no longer mean[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWill the water roll it all way this secret that I hold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWill the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOr he'll get left in the Mississippi sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"Author's Note - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuI1U0ufIO8\n\n\n[Intro]\nA E A E\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA E A E\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nA E A E A E","chords":["A","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}