Verse 1
[C] [A7] [D7]
With friends around and even pals that I know are true
[G7] [C] [G7]
Still I'm lonely homesick and blue
[C] [D7] [G7]
There's no one who can cheer me when I'm alone
[D7] [G7]
Longing for my Mississippi home
Verse 2
[C] [G7]
Way down on the delta on that Mississippi shore
[G7] [C]
In that muddy water I long to be once more
[C] [E] [Am]
When that shadows creep about and the whippoorwill call
[D7] [G7]
You can hear old mommy shout come in here you all
Verse 3
[C] [G7]
Way down on the levee strolling in the pale moon light
[G7] [Am] [E7] [Am]
You can see those steamboats and fields of snowy white
[Dm] [C] [A7]
That's a feeling I can't lose muddy water in my shoes
[G7] [C]
When I get those Mississippi Delta blues
