Tom Russell - Mississippi river runnin backwards

^GOld man ^Criver, that ^Gold man ^Criver He ^Bmjust keeps ^Amrolling a^Glong

^GMississippi River runnin' backwards ^AmEarthquakes shook the land It ^Dhappened down here in 1912 It's ^Chappening here a^Ggain

^GFeast and famine, ya'll, fire and flood Abomi^Amnations, you understand Don't ^Dneed no Old Testament prophet to tell me We ain't ^Cliving in the Promised ^GLand

^GEverybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Yeah, ^Amblow that ragtime jazz ^BmJudgement day is coming down ^Emhere, y'all In the ^Fland of the ^Crazzma^Gtazz

^GI saw carpet-sweepers and microwave ovens I saw ^Ambusted-out television screens ^DEmpty of TV evangelist cats With their ^Chair all slicked up with Bryl^Gcreem

^GNow the gospel news, to you real bad news No need to in^Amvent all that doom and gloom It's a ^Done-legged race to the liquor store It's a ^Chop, skip and jump into the ^Gtomb

^GEverybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Yeah, ^Amblow that ragtime jazz ^BmJudgement day is coming down ^Emhere, y'all In the ^Fland of the ^Crazzma^Gtazz

^BbSteamboat whistles blowing under^Amwater Everything is ^Gbackwards and upside down ^{G A Bb} Baby Moses in the ^Ambulrushes Paddling ^Dsideways to higher ground

^GOld ladies gambling inside riverboat casinos ^AmWhirlpools swallowed 'em down In^Dsurance executives and Fuller Brush salesmen ^CBushwhacked trying to leave ^Gtown

^GBut their lifeboats went backwards up the Mississippi River To the ^Amancient Missouri sod Up to ^DIowa and Minnesota Into the ^Chands of a righteous ^Ggod

^GEverybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Yeah, ^Amblow that ragtime jazz ^BmJudgement day is coming down ^Emhere, y'all In the ^Fland of the ^Crazzma^Gtazz

^GEverybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Yeah, ^Amblow that ragtime jazz ^BmJudgement day is coming down ^Emhere, y'all In the ^Fland of the ^Crazzma^Gtazz In the ^Fland of the ^Crazzma^Gtazz In the ^Fland of the ^Crazzma^Gtazz In the ^Fland of the ^Crazzma^Gtazz