Mississippi Sand – Johnny Cash
Nghệ sĩ: Johnny Cash
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
Author's Note - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuI1U0ufIO8
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
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I was born down in the bottoms of the flat black Delta land
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I grew up picking cotton in the Mississippi sand
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My mama said son take that girl and go make her your wife
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Or you'll be stuck here in this mud all of your life
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Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
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Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
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But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
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Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
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A stranger came to town with two torn shoes upon his feet
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Singing songs of sadness picking girls off of the street
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He made a little bit of music was a leader of a band
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And they call him the muddy Mississippi band
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
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My girl was Ruby Colter and she was on her teens
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I took her out to churches to socials schools and things
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She was a rose just right for picking and he nipped her in the bud
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And he left her here in the Mississippi mud
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Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
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Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
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But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
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Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand
Instrumental
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
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Then me and old Carl we caught him right down by the store
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We choked him just a little bit and held him to the floor
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We relived him of his pocketbook, his blood and other things
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Now the Mississippi man's no longer mean
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Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold
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Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul
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But a man's got to make it sometime a man's got to take a stand
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Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand
Outro