Mississippi Saturday Night keyboard

Mississippi Saturday Night

• G

Capo 2

(Verse 1)
 
G 
Old Mr. Deville, from up in Clarksdale, shot his brother with a pop pop pop 
          C                                                                   G 
spent twenty years of hard time, before he saw the light 
               D                                          C                              G 
now he's preaching on the corner of a Mississippi Saturday night. 

G 
Drive by the pawn shop bail bond motel, dream all you want you ain't going nowhere 
      C                                                             G 
the ladies at the juke joint, are looking for a fight  
                 D                                       C                              G 
and they'll hunt you like a rabbit on a Mississippi Saturday night. 


C 
Vicksburg, Natchez, down to Crescent City  
      G 
the Gulf Coast blues oh it sure is a pity 
         D 
don't make a lot of money, baby thats alright 
          G 
cause we make a lot of loving on a Mississippi Saturday night. 


(Verse 2)
 
G 
Old Mr. Simon from Hushpuckena, he's having coffee with your maw maw and your paw paw 
              C                                                                      G 
if you're messing with his daughter you better treat her right 
            D                                         C                              G 
or he'll tree you like a possum on a Mississippi Saturday night. 


 
C 
Vicksburg, Natchez, down to Crescent City  
      G 
the Gulf Coast blues oh it sure is a pity 
         D 
don't make a lot of money, baby thats alright 
          G 
cause we make a lot of loving on a Mississippi Saturday night. 


(Verse 3)
 
G 
Drive to the ballpark, out by the Wal-Mart, parked on the levee drinking forties in a Skylark 
C                                                      G 
people on the river are hoping for a bite 
                        D                             C                              G 
whole mess of catfish cooking on a Mississippi Saturday night. 

G 
Old Mr. Hayward, sings like a jaybird, more like a jailbird inside a FEMA trailer 
        C                                                              D 
your gonna need a pirogue, the waters getting high 
                   D                                    C                              G 
or you'll be sleeping in the river on a Mississippi Saturday night. 


 
C 
Vicksburg, Natchez, down to Crescent City  
      G 
the Gulf Coast blues oh it sure is a pity 
         D 
don't make a lot of money, baby thats alright 
          G 
cause we make a lot of loving on a Mississippi Saturday night. 

C 
Vicksburg, Natchez, down to Crescent City  
      G 
the Gulf Coast blues oh it sure is a pity 
         D 
don't make a lot of money, baby thats alright 
          G 
cause we make a lot of loving on a Mississippi Saturday night. 



  

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