Biography:
Jimmie Rodgers (8 de septiembre de 1897 – 26 de mayo de 1933) fue un cantautor estadounidense de música country. Fue el primer músico en convertirse en una estrella del country. Su influencia en la música de raíces estadounidenses es incalculable, ya que ha influido a prácticamente todos los músicos que han desarrollado el country en el siglo XX, entre los que cabe destacar al también influyente Hank Williams.
Aunque nació en Pine Springs (Misisipi) él siempre se consideró de Meridian (Misisipi).
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Other songs:
- Are You Really Mine
- Bimbombay
- California Bluea
- California Blues
- Everybody Does It In Hawaii
- Frankie And Johnny
- Gambling Bar Room Blues
- Hobo Bills Last Ride
- Hobos Meditation
- Honey Comb
- Honeycomb
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
- If I Were The Man
- Im Never Gonna Tell
- In The Jailhouse Now 2
- Its Over
- Its Raining Here
- Jimmie The Kid
- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
- Mississippi Delta Blues
- Mississippi River Blues
- Moonlight And Skies
- My Blue Eyed Jane
- Never No Mo Blues
- Nobody Knows But Me
- Oh
- Peach Pickin Time In Georgia
- Peach Picking Time In Georgia
- Rainbow At Midnight
- Secretly
- T For Texas
- Tb Blues
- The Wonderful City
- The World I Used To Know
- Waiting For A Train
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Song: Mississippi River Blues
Artist: Jimmie Rodgers
Album: None
Words and music by: Jimmie Rodgers (I think)
Tuning: Standard
Capo: No Capo, but if you have trouble with the F chord then you can put a capo on
the 3rd fret and play the song in A instead of C.
Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------0----0------------------------------|
A|----0--2--3----3--2--1--0----0--2--4-----------4--2--0--4--2-------0--2--3|
E|-3------------------------------------------------------------3--3--------|
Intro: C A7 D7 G C
C G7 C
(Yodel) The Mississippi River Blues
C C7 G
Oh you Mississippi River, with waters so deep and wide,
C G7 C
My thoughts of you keep rising, just like an evening tide.
F C
I'm just like a seagull that's left the sea,
G G7 C
Oh your muddy waters, they keep on callin' me
Bridge:
F
I'm gonna pack my grip and head that way,
C
You'll see me hangin' 'round again someday.
G
'Cos I know that's the only way to lose,
G7 C
The Mississippi River Blues.
C G7 C
(Yodel) The Mississippi River Blues.
C C7 G
I've often ridden on your bosom, from Memphis down to New Orleans,
C G7 C
Dreaming over muddy waters, flowing through familiar scenes.
F C
And when I hear the whistle of an old steam boat,
G G7 C
Down that Mississippi River, again I'm going to float.
Bridge:
F
I'm gonna pack my grip and head that way,
C
You'll see me hangin' 'round again someday.
G
'Cos I know that's the only way to lose,
G7 C
The Mississippi River Blues.
C G7 C
(Yodel) The Mississippi River Blues.
Artist: Jimmie Rodgers
Album: None
Words and music by: Jimmie Rodgers (I think)
Tuning: Standard
Capo: No Capo, but if you have trouble with the F chord then you can put a capo on
the 3rd fret and play the song in A instead of C.
Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------0----0------------------------------|
A|----0--2--3----3--2--1--0----0--2--4-----------4--2--0--4--2-------0--2--3|
E|-3------------------------------------------------------------3--3--------|
Intro: C A7 D7 G C
C G7 C
(Yodel) The Mississippi River Blues
C C7 G
Oh you Mississippi River, with waters so deep and wide,
C G7 C
My thoughts of you keep rising, just like an evening tide.
F C
I'm just like a seagull that's left the sea,
G G7 C
Oh your muddy waters, they keep on callin' me
Bridge:
F
I'm gonna pack my grip and head that way,
C
You'll see me hangin' 'round again someday.
G
'Cos I know that's the only way to lose,
G7 C
The Mississippi River Blues.
C G7 C
(Yodel) The Mississippi River Blues.
C C7 G
I've often ridden on your bosom, from Memphis down to New Orleans,
C G7 C
Dreaming over muddy waters, flowing through familiar scenes.
F C
And when I hear the whistle of an old steam boat,
G G7 C
Down that Mississippi River, again I'm going to float.
Bridge:
F
I'm gonna pack my grip and head that way,
C
You'll see me hangin' 'round again someday.
G
'Cos I know that's the only way to lose,
G7 C
The Mississippi River Blues.
C G7 C
(Yodel) The Mississippi River Blues.
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