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C C F F


[Verse 1]
F
Oh it's raining, raining, raining here this morning
                                     C
As I sit in jail and hang my head in shame
C      F
With a smile I try to greet each early dawning
F                      C
But they've given me a number for my name


[Verse 2]
F
Many a little raindrops are falling close to me
F                                    C
Makes the streams and rivers just as muddy as can be
F
It's raining, raining, raining here this morning
F                  C
As the Mississippi flows on to the sea


[Instrumental]
F F F F
F F C C
F F F F
F F C C


[Verse 3]
F
How I wish that I could see my little darling
F                               C
And hold her in my arms just as before
F
I used to tell her every day I loved her
F                   C
But now she doesn't love me anymore


[Verse 4]
F
She knew that I was guilty of this one crime
F                                        C
And said that she'd be waiting there for me
F
But she has found somewhere else to wander
F                     C
Where the Mississippi flows on to the sea


[Instrumental]
F F F F
F F C C
F F F F
C C F F


[Verse 5]
F
Its raining, raining, raining here this morning
F                             C
And I am just as weary as can be
F
I wish that I could follow all the raindrops
F                    C                 F
Down the Mississippi toward the silver sea


[Verse 6]
F
But there's no way to prove that I'm not guilty
F                                C
So I will have to suffer all the shame
C      F
Go and tell her for me little raindrops
F                       C             F
That they've given me a number for my name