Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
GAlabama’s gotten me so upset
GTennessee made meAmlose my Drest
And Amevery-Bmbody Cknows a-Dbout EmMississAmippi
GGoddam
repeat
G7Can’t you see it, Can’t you feel it
CIt’s all in the air
A7I can’t stand the pressure much longer
DSomebody say a prayer
GAlabama’s gotten me so upset
GTennessee made meAmlose my Drest
And Amevery-Bmbody Cknows a-Dbout EmMississAmippi
GGoddam
EmHound dogs on my trail,
EmSchool children sitting in jail
C7Black cat cross Bmy path
EmI think every day’s gonna C7be my Emlast
EmLord have mercy on this land of mine
EmWe all gonna get it in due time
C7I don’t belong here, BI don’t belong there
EmI’ve even stopped beC7lieving in Emprayer
EmDon’t tell me, I’ll tell you
EmMe and my people just about due
C7I’ve been there Bso I know
EmThey keep on saying ‘Go slow!’
EmBut that’s just the trouble (‘Do it slow’)
EmWashing the windows (‘Do it slow’)
AmPicking the cotton (‘Do it slow’)
EmYou’re just plain rotten (‘Do it slow’)
F#You’re too damn lazy (‘Do it slow’)
C7The thinking’s crazy B(‘Do it slow’)
C7Where am I Bgoing , GWhat am I Adoing
AmI don’t know , DI don’t know
GJust try to do your very best
GStand up be Amcounted with Dall the rest
And Amevery-Bmbody Cknows a-Dbout EmMississAmippi
GGoddam
EmPicket lines, School boy cots
EmThey try to say it’s a communist plot
C7All I want is Bequality
EmFor my sister my brother C7my people Emand me
EmYes you lied to me all these years
EmYou told me to wash and clean my ears
C7And talk real fine Bjust like a lady
EmAnd you’d stop calling me Sister Sadie
EmMy country is full of lies
EmYou’re all gonna die and die like flies
C7I don’t trust you Bany more
EmYou keep on saying ‘Go slow!’
EmBut that’s just the trouble (‘Too slow’)
EmDesegregation (‘Too slow’)
AmMass participation (‘Too slow’)
EmReunification (‘Too slow’)
F#Do things gradually (‘Too slow’)
C7Will bring more B tragedy (‘Too slow’)
C7Why don’t youB see it , Gwhy don’t you Afeel it
AmI don’t know , DI don’t know
GYou don’t have to live next to me
GJust give me my AmequaAmlity
AmAnd Amevery-BbodyCknows D a-bout EmMississAmippi
AmAnd Amevery-BbodyCknows D a-bout EmAlaAmbama
AmAnd Amevery-BbodyCknows D a-bout EmMississ-Amippi
GGoddam