Mississippi Cifras

This is based on the version from Tell-Tale Signs Bootleg Series Volume 8
This is an outtake from the Time Out of Mind Sessions.
There are definitely two guitars on this recording but I just have the chords here.
I'd advise using the 5 string barre E for the chorus.
 
 
[Verse 1]
E
 Every step of the way, we walk the line.
                               A
Your days are numbered, so are mine.
E              A      E               A
Time is piling up, we struggle and we scrape.
    E           A     B    A       E
We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape.
 
[Verse 2]
E
City's just a jungle, more games to play.
                                      A
Trapped in the heart of it, trying to get away.
E                  A             E                 A
I was raised in the country, I been working in the town.
E                A             B           A       E
I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down.
 
[Chorus 1]
B            A        B               A
 Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
B               E            A    E  B
Don't even have anything for myself anymore
B           A     B            A
Sky full of fire, pain pouring down
B               E          A   E  B
Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around.
 
[Verse 3]
E
All my powers of expression, my thoughts so sublime,
                                        A
Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme
E           A   E            A
Only one thing I did wrong,
E           A         B            E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
 
[Verse 4]
E
Well, the devil’s in the alley, mule’s kickin' in the stall
                                   A
Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all
E                A        E            A
I was thinkin’ about the things that Rosie said
E          A         B               E
I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie’s bed
 
[Verse 5]
E
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
                                A
Feeling like a stranger nobody sees
E          A         E          A
So many things that we never will undo
E          A        B         E
I know you’re sorry, I’m sorry too
 
[Chorus 2]
B               A            B            A
Some people will offer you their hand and some won’t
B          E       A          E     B
Last night I knew you, tonight I don’t
B           A          B          A
I need somethin’ strong to distract my mind
B          E       A          E     B
I’m gonna look at you ‘til my eyes go blind
 
[Verse 6]
E
Well I got here following the southern star
                                         A
I crossed that river just to be where you are
E      A           E       A
Only one thing I did wrong
E      A            B            E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
 
[Verse 7]
E
Well my ship’s been split to splinters and it’s sinking fast
                                                 A
I’m drownin’ in the poison, got no future, got no past
E            A                 B            A
But my heart is not weary, it’s light and it’s free
E            A                 B             A             E
I’ve got nothin’ but affection for all those who’ve sailed with me
 
[Verse 8]
E
Everybody movin’ if they ain’t already there
                           A
Everybody got to move somewhere
E           A         E           A
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow
E           A         B                  E
Things should start to get interesting right about now
 
[Chorus 3]
B             A           B        A
My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
B          E       A          E     B
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
B             A           B        A
I know that fortune is waitin’ to be kind
B          E       A          E     B
So give me your hand and say you’ll be mine
 
[Verse 9]
E
Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay
                                                A
You can always come back, but you can’t come back all the way
E       A           E         A
Only one thing I did wrong
E       A            B        A      E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
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