G
Well the Mississippi flows through the southland
C         Em       Am
In many a song and rhyme
C                           G
And I guess I’d do well ta’ visit the delta
C                    D7
Someday if I get the time.
    G
But in the land of sky blue waters
C                     Em        Am
She loved me then she turned me loose
         C                G           D    G      D7
With the other end of the Mississippi River blues
G
They got the blues down in Louisiana
C                    Em      Am
they sing them up in Memphis town
C
where the muddy water flows
    G
and everybody knows 
        C                       D7
Its the cradle of that mournful sound
        G
ah, but somewhere up near Lake Itasca
          C            Em        Am
where the mighty river starts to move
          C                G           D     G       D7
I got the other end of the Mississippi River blues
             D7
They got the honeysuckle vines
          Gmaj7
I got the lonesome pines
         D7
They got banjos on the levee
        Gmaj7
I got a heart that’s cold and heavy
        C              Em  Am
Yeah it all ends up in New Orleans
    C                    D7
But this is where it all begins

        G
You can travel the wide world over
C            Em     Am
anywhere you care to roam
    C                  G
But if you ever go ta’ Northern Minnesota
C                          D7
Better leave your heart at home
              G
‘cause she’ll love then she’ll leave you crying
    C                 Em     Am
and brother you’ll be introduced 
       C                G           D     G        D7
to the other end of the Mississippi River blues

         D7
They got Magnolia Trees,
      Gmaj7
Sweet southern breeze
      D7
I got ice and snow, 
       Gmaj7
Twenty-six below
       C             Em   Am
but it all ends up in New Orleans
    C                    D7   (Hold and pause)
But this is where it all begins
        G
You can travel the wide world over
C              Em      Am
anywhere you’d care to roam
    C                  G
But if you ever go ta’ Northern Minnesota
C                          D7
Better leave your heart at home
              G
‘cause she’ll love then she’ll leave you crying
       C                Em          Am
with a feeling that you can’t shake loose
        C                G           D    G       G
Its the other end of the Mississippi River blues
        C                G           D    G     Gmaj7
Its the other end of the Mississippi River blues