Charley Pride - Roll on mississippi

^CWalking along whistling a song ^Fbare foot and fancy ^Cfree A big riverboat passing us by she’^Fs headed for Ne^Cw Orleans There she ^G7goes disappearing around the ^Cbend Roll on Mis^G7sissippi you make me feel like a child ^Cagain

The taste of it ^Ftakes me ^Cback chewing on a straw torn overalls I can’t hold a^Fn old stra^Cw hat mudd^G7y river just like a long los^Ct friend Roll on Mis^G7sissippi you make me feel like a child ^Cagain

^FRoll on ^CMississippi ^Fbig river ^Croll You’re th^D7e childhood dream that I grew ^G7upon Roll on ^FMississippi carry me ^Ch-om^Fe Now I can see I’ve been away to^G7o long Roll ^Con Mississippi ^G7roll ^Con

And I ^Fneed a place to ^Cdream so I come to your banks I sit in your shade ^Frelive the memo^Cries Tom ^G7Sawyer and Huckleberry ^CFinn Roll on Mis^G7sissippi you make me feel like a child ^Cagain