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Tishomingo Blues

Words and Music by Spencer Williams - 1917

Verse:
G	D7	G7	-
C	Cm	G	-
D7	-	A7	D7
Chorus:
G               G7	C	G	G7
C7	-	G	-
D7	-	G	-
D7	A7	D7	-
G               G7	C	G	G7
C	-	B7	-
G	B7	Em	Eb7
G	D7	A7            D7	G      (D7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Oh, Mississippi, oh, Mississippi, My heart cries out for you in sadness,
I want to be where the wintry winds don't blow,
Down where the southern moon swings low, That's where I want to go.

 

Chorus:

I'm goin' to Tishomingo, because I'm sad today,
I wish to linger, way down old Dixie way.
Oh, my weary heart cries out in pain, Oh how I wish that I was back again,
With a race, in a place, where they make you welcome all the time.
Way down in Mississippi, among the cypress trees,
They get you dippy, with their strange melodies,
To resist temptation, I just can't refuse,
In Tishomingo I wish to linger, Where they play the weary blues.
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Watch Steve Caddick and the New England Banjo Orchestra perform "Tishomingo Blues" (youtube)

 

Watch John Gill and the Yerba Buena Stompers perform "Tishomingo Blues" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com