Mississippi River Let Your Water Flow

Doyle Lawson

Written by Jamie Dailey and Doyle Lawson

Key of C · Chords: I IV V vi

Verse 1

C
It's been a long time coming but I'm finally on my way
F                                        G7
14 years at Eddyville’s a might price to pay
C                                                     F
Once your week away from home's turned into all these years
C                               G7           C
One regret one broken heart was taunted into tears

Verse 2

            Am                    C
Mississippi River let your waters flow
              F                  C
Carry me down to the Gulf of Mexico
          Am                   C
Louisiana bayou in the morning sun
                F                        C
Smell the sweet magnolia when the day is done

Verse 3

Oh rivers when I look at you I think of time I've lost
F                                           G7
Sitting in a dirty cell I've had to pay the cost
C                                             F
For a life of crime I chose a prize I can not win
C                            G7          C
When I get to Louisiana I'll never leave again

Verse 2

            Am                    C
Mississippi River let your waters flow
              F                  C
Carry me down to the Gulf of Mexico
          Am                   C
Louisiana bayou in the morning sun
                F                        C
Smell the sweet magnolia when the day is done

Verse 4

          Am                   C
Louisiana bayou in the morning sun
                F                        C
Smell the sweet magnolia when the day is done