Tom: G
D G C
you can take me back to a good old home
C
and love and people that taught
G
in that mississippi valley even on a sunday morning
G D9
you know that i’ll be there
G C
and we all come back for to be with you good neighbor
C G
live a good life in the mississippi valley
G
down on the river you know that’s where i want to be
G C
and the night comes on like blanket chilly winds
C G
people come out in the mississippi valley
G D9
western kentucky cairo over there in south saint louis
G C
theres a baseball game at the legion post on tuesday
C
have a good ride on the Julia Belle Swain go
down to the river you know thats where i want to be
[Chorus]
C
and the fields of corn and the banjo music
G
catfish frying toe boat payload
G D9
pushing up stream against the stars
G C
and a letter come back from a girl in calhoun county
C G
here in the middle of the mississippi valley
G
im in love and you know thats where i want to be
[Chorus]
C
and the fields of corn and the banjo music
G
catfish frying toe boat payload
G D9
pushing up stream against the stars
G C
and a letter come back from a girl in calhoun county
C G
here in the middle of the mississippi valley
G
im in love and you know thats where i want to be