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MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI

Words and Music by Irving Gordon -  1951

Number 2 on the Hit Parade in 1951, played for 16 weeks.

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	Dm	Bb        Bdim	F
F           Dm	Am             Dm7	G7	Gm7      C7
Bb	-	F	Dm        C7
F           Dm	Am	Bb         C7	F
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb	-	F	Dm        C7
F           Dm	Am	Bb         C7	F    (C9 to verse)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

I can't re -call my moth -er I don't re -mem -ber dad

Mis -ter and Mis -sis -sip -pi Was all I ev -er had

Oh! I was born to wan -der Oh! I was born to roam

And Mis -ter and Mis -sis -sip -pi Made me feel at home:

 

Chorus:

Oh! I was born to wan -der I was born to roam

And Mis -ter and Mis -sis -sip -pi Made me feel at home.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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