E                      A
Every step of the way, we walk the line
E                       A
Your days are numbered, so are mine
E                  A
Time is piling up, we struggle and we stray
E               A    B7             E
We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape

E                     A
City's just a jungle, more games to play
E                           A
Trapped in the heart of it, tryin' to get away
E                            A
I was raised in the country, I been working in the town
E                       A        B7               E
I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down

E                    A
Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
E                            A
Don't even have anything for myself anymore
E                 A
Sky full of fire, came pouring down
E                  A     B7                E
Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around

E                           A
All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime
E                          A
Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme
E              A
Only one thing I did wrong
E       A             B7           E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long

E                               A
Well, the devil's in the alley, mule's in the stall
E                       A
Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all
E                               A
I was thinking about the things that Rosie said
E               A               B7         E
I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed

E                           A
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
E                       A
Feeling like a stranger nobody sees
E                      A
So many things that we never will undo
E             A      B7          E
I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too

E                           A
Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
E                      A
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
E                         A
I need something strong to distract my mind
E                   A      B7             E
I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind

E                         A
Well I got here following the southern star
E                         A
I crossed that river just to be where you are
E              A
Only one thing I did wrong
E       A             B7           E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long

E                           A
Well my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast
E                          A
I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
E                          A
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
E                            A              B7                E
I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me

E                   A
Everybody's moving, if they ain't already there
E                       A
Everybody's got to move somewhere
E                   A
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow
E                                   A  B7            E
Things should start to get interesting right about now

E                   A
My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
E                               A
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
E                   A
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
E                          A B7           E
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine

E                               A
Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay
E                        A
You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way
E              A
Only one thing I did wrong
E       A             B7           E
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long