Mississippi Sand

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Author's Note - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuI1U0ufIO8
[Intro]
A E A E
[Verse 1]
E B
I was born down in the bottoms of the flat black Delta land
A E
I grew up picking cotton in the Mississippi sand
A
My mama said son take that girl and go make her your wife
B E
Or you'll be stuck here in this mud all of your life
[Chorus]
A E B E
Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
A E B E
Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
A E B E
But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
B E
Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand
[Verse 2]
E B
A stranger came to town with two torn shoes upon his feet
A E
Singing songs of sadness picking girls off of the street
A
He made a little bit of music was a leader of a band
B E
And they call him the muddy Mississippi band
[Verse 3]
E B
My girl was Ruby Colter and she was on her teens
A E
I took her out to churches to socials schools and things
A
She was a rose just right for picking and he nipped her in the bud
B E
And he left her here in the Mississippi mud
[Chorus]
A E B E
Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
A E B E
Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
A E B E
But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
B E
Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand
[Instrumental]
A E A E
[Verse 4]
E B
Then me and old Carl we caught him right down by the store
A E
We choked him just a little bit and held him to the floor
A
We relived him of his pocketbook, his blood and other things
B E
Now the Mississippi man's no longer mean
[Chorus]
A E B E
Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
A E B E
Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
A E B E
But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
B E
Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand
[Outro]
A E A E A E

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Author's Note - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuI1U0ufIO8
[Intro]
A E A E
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
A E A E
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
A E A E A E

Mississippi Sand Chords by Johnny Cash

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