Key: C
Introduction: C D C
C
It's a late night show on the radio
C
Goin' down the road with the Wolfman
F C
Lightnin' bugs all around, moonlight shinin' down
F C F
On a little sleepy town down in the flatland
Eb F C
I can still hear Mama callin'
Eb F C
"Son, it's time to come on in"
Eb F C Am
And when that darkness started fallin'
Bb F
Everybody gathered round the table, amen
C
Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze
F C
Wish I'd never left ya
C
Spent enough time in this old rat race
F C F
I'm goin' on back to the delta
C F C
Yeah, barbecues and back porch news
F
And the guitar blues, yeah, about around sundown
C F
Mockingbird melodies, watermelon memories
C F C
Yеah, cruisin' those streets downtown
F C
Hot summer nights on the lеvy
F C
She spread a blanket on the ground
F C Am
There ain't no feelin' like a first time
Bb F
When innocence is lost and love is found
F
Here we go
C
Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze
F C
Wish I'd never left ya
C
Spent enough time in this old rat race
F C
I'm goin' on back to the delta
F C Dm
I'm tired of searchin' for answers
Am C Dm
Always out there on the run
F C Dm
I'm goin' back to where my heart is
C
Highway 61, yeah
C
Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze
F C
Almost reach and touch you
C
Been so long and I missed your face
F C
I'm goin' on back to the delta
C
Yeah, Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze
F C
Wish I'd never left you
C
Spent enough time in that old rat race
F C
I'm goin' on back to the delta
F C
Yeah, Mississippi moon, oh
F
Yeah, yeah, Mississippi moon, yeah
C
Mississippi moon hangin' in the haze
F C F C
I'm goin' on back, goin' on through the delta
C
Oh, Mississippi moon, yeah
F C F C
Goin' on back to the delta, yeah
F C
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