Biografía:
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Tryon, 21 de febrero de 1933 - Carry-le-Rouet, 21 de abril de 2003), Nina Simone, cantante, compositora y pianista estadounidense de jazz, blues, rhythm and blues y soul. Se la conoce con el sobrenombre de "High Priestess of Soul".
Estilísticamente, la palabra que mejor caracteriza a Nina Simone es eclecticismo. Su voz se caracteriza por su pasión, su breathiness (voz jadeante, sofocada, sin aliento) y su trémolo.
La influencia de Duke Ellington es patente en toda la obra de Nina
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Otras canciones:
- After You've Gone
- Ain't Got No/i Got Life
- Ain’t Got No/i Got Life
- Feeling Good
- I Wish
- My Baby Just Cares For Me
- Sinnerman
- Who Knows Where The Time Goes
- Aint Got No I Got Life
- Aint Got No I Got Life Remix
- Baltimore
- Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Consummation
- Do I Move You
- Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Dont Smoke In Bed
- Four Women
- Gimme A Pigfoot
- I Love Your Lovin Ways
- I Loves You Porgy
- I Put A Spell On You
- I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
- If You Knew
- In The Dark
- Just Tell Him I Love Him
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Loves Been Good To Me
- Mississippi Goddam
- Mood Indigo
- Mr Bojangles
- Sunday In Savannah
- Take Care Of Business
- The Other Woman
- To Love Somebody
- Trouble In Mind
- What More Can I Say
- Why The King Of Love Is Dead
- Worksong
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Spoken Introduction]
G6
The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam
And I mean every word of it
[Verse 1] x2
G6
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Am7 D7
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Am/C Bdim7 Am/C D C/E D/F# G G Am7 D7
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
G11
Can't you see it
G
Can't you feel it
Cmaj7
It's all in the air
A7 D7
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer
[Chorus]
G6
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Am7 D7
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Am/C Bdim7 Am/C D C/E D/F# G F#m7sus4 B7
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Em
(This is a show tune, but the show hasn't been written for it, yet)
[Verse 2]
Em
Hound dogs on my trail
F#m7b5
School children sitting in jail
B7
Black cat cross my path
Em7 B7 Em
I think every day's gonna be my last
Em
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
F#m7b5
I don't belong here
B7
I don't belong there
Em7 B7 Em
I've even stopped believing in prayer
Em
Don't tell me, I'll tell you
F#m7b5
Me and my people just about due
B7
I've been there so I know
Em7 B7 Em
They keep on saying "Go slow!"
[Refrain]
Em
But that's just the trouble
"too slow"
Em
Washing the windows
"too slow"
Am7
Picking the cotton
"too slow"
Em
You're just plain rotten
"too slow"
F#/C#
You're too damn lazy
"too slow"
Am/C B7
The thinking's crazy
"too slow"
C/E F9
Where am I going
Em7 A7
What am I doing
Eb7 Eb7
I don't know
D11 D7
I don't know
G6
Just try to do your very best
Am7 D7
Stand up, be counted with all the rest
Am/C Bdim7 Am/C D C/E D/F# G G F#m7sus4 B7
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Em
(I bet you thought I was kidding, didn't you)
[Verse 3]
Em
Picket lines, school boycotts
They try to say it's a communist plot
F#m7b5 B7
All I want is equality
Em7 B7 Em7
For my sister, my brother, my people, and me
Em
Yes, you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
F#m7b5 B7
And talk real fine just like a lady
Em7 B7 Em7
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Em
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
F#m7b5 B7
I don't trust you any more
Em7 B7 Em7
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
"Go slow!"
[Refrain]
Em
But that's just the trouble
"too slow"
Desegregation
"too slow"
Am7
Mass participation
"too slow"
Em7
Reunification
"too slow"
F#/C#
Do things gradually
"too slow"
Am/C B7
But bring more tragedy
"too slow"
C/E F9#11
Why don't you see it
Em7 A7
Why don't you feel it
Eb7 Eb7
I don't know
D11 D7
I don't know
[Chorus]
G6
You don't have to live next to me
Am7 B7
Just give me my equality
Am/C Bdim7 A/C D C/E D/F#
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi
Am/C Bdim7 A/C D C/E D/F#
Everybody knows about Alabama
Am/C Bdim7 A/C D C/E D/F# G G F9 F9 G F9 G F9 G
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
[Spoken Outro]
That's it!
G6
The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam
And I mean every word of it
[Verse 1] x2
G6
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Am7 D7
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Am/C Bdim7 Am/C D C/E D/F# G G Am7 D7
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
G11
Can't you see it
G
Can't you feel it
Cmaj7
It's all in the air
A7 D7
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer
[Chorus]
G6
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Am7 D7
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Am/C Bdim7 Am/C D C/E D/F# G F#m7sus4 B7
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Em
(This is a show tune, but the show hasn't been written for it, yet)
[Verse 2]
Em
Hound dogs on my trail
F#m7b5
School children sitting in jail
B7
Black cat cross my path
Em7 B7 Em
I think every day's gonna be my last
Em
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
F#m7b5
I don't belong here
B7
I don't belong there
Em7 B7 Em
I've even stopped believing in prayer
Em
Don't tell me, I'll tell you
F#m7b5
Me and my people just about due
B7
I've been there so I know
Em7 B7 Em
They keep on saying "Go slow!"
[Refrain]
Em
But that's just the trouble
"too slow"
Em
Washing the windows
"too slow"
Am7
Picking the cotton
"too slow"
Em
You're just plain rotten
"too slow"
F#/C#
You're too damn lazy
"too slow"
Am/C B7
The thinking's crazy
"too slow"
C/E F9
Where am I going
Em7 A7
What am I doing
Eb7 Eb7
I don't know
D11 D7
I don't know
G6
Just try to do your very best
Am7 D7
Stand up, be counted with all the rest
Am/C Bdim7 Am/C D C/E D/F# G G F#m7sus4 B7
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Em
(I bet you thought I was kidding, didn't you)
[Verse 3]
Em
Picket lines, school boycotts
They try to say it's a communist plot
F#m7b5 B7
All I want is equality
Em7 B7 Em7
For my sister, my brother, my people, and me
Em
Yes, you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
F#m7b5 B7
And talk real fine just like a lady
Em7 B7 Em7
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Em
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
F#m7b5 B7
I don't trust you any more
Em7 B7 Em7
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
"Go slow!"
[Refrain]
Em
But that's just the trouble
"too slow"
Desegregation
"too slow"
Am7
Mass participation
"too slow"
Em7
Reunification
"too slow"
F#/C#
Do things gradually
"too slow"
Am/C B7
But bring more tragedy
"too slow"
C/E F9#11
Why don't you see it
Em7 A7
Why don't you feel it
Eb7 Eb7
I don't know
D11 D7
I don't know
[Chorus]
G6
You don't have to live next to me
Am7 B7
Just give me my equality
Am/C Bdim7 A/C D C/E D/F#
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi
Am/C Bdim7 A/C D C/E D/F#
Everybody knows about Alabama
Am/C Bdim7 A/C D C/E D/F# G G F9 F9 G F9 G F9 G
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
[Spoken Outro]
That's it!
Niney The Observ (...)
Ninja Sex Party
Nino Bravo
Niño Cohe (...)
Nino Ferrer
Nittty Gritty Ba (...)
Nitty Gritty Dir (...)
Nix
Nizlopi
No Doubt