G                  C   G             C
 Every step of the way   we walk the line
G              C         G       C
 Your days are numbered,  so are mine
G        C             G               C
 Time is piling up, we struggle and we scrape
G         C     D          G
All boxed in, nowhere to escape


[Interlude]
| G   C   | G   C   | G   C   | D   G   |


[Verse 2]
G                  C      G               C
 The city's just a jungle,  more games to play
G                   C           G              C
 I'm trapped in the heart of it trying to get away
      G             C
I was raised in the country
     G              C
Been working in the town
G         C
I been in trouble since I
D               G
Set my suitcase down


[Verse 3]
D                    E          D             G
 I ain't got nothing for you, I had nothing before
D                G              C       D
 Don't even have anything for myself anymore
D             E            D                G
 Sky's full of fire and the rain is pouring down
        D               G                C        D
There's nothing you can sell me, so I'll see you around


[Verse 4]
       G            C
All my powers of expression
    G              C
And thoughts so sublime
      G            C
Could never do you justice
G         C
Reason or rhyme


[Refrain]
        G        C          G     C
There's only one thing that I did wrong
  G              C        D       G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long


[Interlude]
| G   C   | G   C   | G   C   | D   G   |  x2


[Verse 5]
G                   C     G                         C
 The devil's in the alley,  the mule kicking in the stall
G                 C       G               C
 Say anything you want to,  I've heard it all
      G                  C      G          C
I was thinking about the things   that she said
      G              C        D        G
I was dreaming I was sleeping   in you bed


[Verse 6]
G                    C      G                  C
 Walking through the leaves,  falling from the trees
G            C        G      C
 Feel like a stranger nobody sees
G        C         G            C
 So many things we never will undo
G              C           D         G
 I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too


[Verse 7]
D                 E               D             G
 Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
D             G           C       D
 Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
D                 E           D         G
 I need something strong to distract my mind
D                  G           C       D
 I'm gonna look at you till my eyes go blind


[Verse 8]
G           C     G                      C
 Well I got here, following the southern star
G               C             G            C
 I crossed that river just to be where you are


[Refrain]
        G        C          G     C
There's only one thing that I did wrong
  G              C        D       G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long


[Interlude]
| G   C   | G   C   | G   C   | D   G   |  x2


[Verse 9]
        G                    C          G            C
Well my ship's been split to splinters, it's sinking fast
    G               C
I'm drowning in the poison
       G              C
Got no future, got no past
       G          C               G               C
But my   heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
         G             C                        D             G
I've got nothing but affection for those who've   sailed with me


[Verse 10]
G            C              G             C
 Everybody's moving if they ain't already there
G                   C    G     C
 Everybody's got to move   somewhere
     G             C    G    C
Well stick with me baby   anyhow
G                          C           D           G
Things should start to get interesting right about now


[Verse 11]
D               E    D           G
 My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
D                    G              C        D
 Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
D            E          D             G
 I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
   D            G        C             D
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine


[Verse 12]
G              C          G         C
 The emptiness is endless,  cold as clay
        G           C
You can always come back
              G                 C
But you can't come back all the way


[Refrain]
              G        C          G     C
Well, there's only one thing that I did wrong
  G              C        D       G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
          G        C          G     C
Yeah, the only one thing that I did wrong
   G             C        D       G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
    G        C          G     C
The only one thing that I did wrong
  G              C        D       G
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long