Bb7    Gm        F#7    F7                                                 
Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore
Bb7    Gm        F#7    F7                                                    
Headed homebound just once more
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To my Mississippi delta home
Bb7       Eb7             F#7    F7                     
Southland has that grand garden spot
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Although you believe or not


[Verse]

Gm            F#7        F7                                                     
I hear those breeze a-whispering:
C7               F7                                                
"Come on back to me"
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Muddy water 'round my feet
Bb7         F#7        F7                                        
Muddy water in the street
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Just God don't shelter
C7             F7                                         
Down on the delta
Cm7         G7                                  
Muddy water in my shoes
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Reeling and rocking to them lowdown blues
Gm7          F#7                     F7                  
They live in ease and comfort down there I do declare
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Been away a year today
   Eb7                                              
To wander and roam
C7                                         
I don't care it's muddy there
    F7                            
But see it is my home


[Outro]

Bb7                Eb7                                
Got my toes turned Dixie way
Bb7                Eb7                         
'Round the delta let me lay
Bb7            Eb7      F7     Bb7                       
My heart cries out for muddy water