BPM: 110
Single Released: 6 Oct 2023
Capo: 4 fret
Intro
[C] [G]
Verse 1
[C]
For almost seven years,
[G]
We worked the Richmond-Danville railway,
[C] [G]
Clearing land and laying out the lines,
[C]
The work is hard and days are long,
[G] [Am7]
Out there in the train yard,
[C] [D]
But I'll take swinging hammers,
[Am7] [Em]
Over doing prison time.
Pre-Chorus 1
[C] [G] [Am7]
Well, I ain't seen my family now since I was twenty-seven,
[C] [G]
Sometimes life is ugly and it's mean,
[C] [G] [Am7]
I miss my little babies, and I miss my darling Mary,
[C] [D] [Am7] [Em]
If only I could get back to my Mississippi Queen.
Chorus
[Em] [G] [D]
Mary, love of mine,
[C] [G]
I'll be there right away,
[C] [G]
Running like a river,
[D]
On its way down to the sea,
[Em] [G] [D]
Ain't no one alive,
[C] [G]
Who can sing the song you sing,
[C] [G]
There's no one else on earth for me,
[D] [Em] [Em]
My Mississippi Queen,
[D] [G] [G]
My Mississippi Queen.
Verse 2
[C]
A little after midnight,
[G] [Am7]
When the walking boss was sleeping,
[C] [G]
We busted down the doors and got away.
Pre-Chorus 2
[C]
Well, they went heading westbound,
[G] [Am7]
On a freight train to Kentucky,
[C] [D]
I'm begging you, sweet Jesus,
[Am7] [Em]
Help me find my love, I pray.
Chorus
[Em] [G] [D]
Mary, love of mine,
[C] [G]
I'll be there right away,
[C] [G]
Running like a river,
[D]
On its way down to the sea,
[Em] [G] [D]
Ain't no one alive,
[C] [G]
Who can sing the song you sing,
[C] [G]
There's no one else on earth for me,
[D] [Em] [Em]
My Mississippi Queen,
[D] [G]
My Mississippi Queen.
Instrumental
[G] [C]
[G] [Am7] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [Am7] [C] [D]
[Am7] [Em]
[G] [D]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [Em]
[D] [G]
[G]
Bridge
[C]
So Danville down to Bristol,
[G] [Am7]
Johnson City, Chattanooga,
[C] [G]
I ran straight down the Tennessee state line,
[C]
Huntsville down to Birmingham,
[G] [Am7]
Columbus Mississippi,
[C] [D]
If I can't be with Mary,
[Am7] [Em] [Em]
I think I would rather die.
Chorus
[Em] [G] [D]
Mary, love of mine,
[C] [G]
I'll be there right away,
[C] [G]
Running like a river,
[D]
On its way down to the sea,
[Em] [G] [D]
Ain't no one alive,
[C] [G]
Who can sing the song you sing,
[C] [G]
There's no one else on earth for me,
[D] [Em] [Em]
My Mississippi Queen,
[D] [G]
My Mississippi Queen.
Outro
[Em] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [Em]
[Em]
[Am7] [C] [Em]
[Am7] [C] [Em]
