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[Verse 1]
A                      D
Son of river man, muddy water's all I've known
     A                              Bm                 Em
I was born out on the banks, Mama died when I was young
E      A                        D                Bm
Just before my daddy left, he hollered out at me
                 A
"Son you're a child of the Mississippi"
                                         D
My schoolin' was a steamboat, and I was educated well
       A                                     B               E
On a sternin' double wheeler, where I learned my rebel yell
         A                            D              B
Then I started roustaboutin' at the age of thirteen
            A    E               A
Lord, I'm a child of the Mississippi

[Chorus]
        Em                                              A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
             Em                                                A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
        D                      B
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
     A                          F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
      B    E                A
Sweet child of the Mississippi

[Verse 2]
A                                       D
I know every stretch of river, I know every railroad bridge
           A                                     B             E
From up in St. Paul Minnesota, down south to the Memphis pyramid
           A                                      D                  B
Lord she's proud and she's lonesome, and I've known since I was a kid
        A    E              A
I was a child of the Mississippi

[Chorus]
      Em                                                 A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
            Em                                                  A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
       D                       B
Just a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
   A                            F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
      B    E
Sweet child of the Mississippi

[Solo]
Em A Em A
D B A F#
B E A

[Bridge]
     G                        A
Well I sure miss my mama, and I even miss ol' Pa
      D               B              E
But I love that muddy water most of all

[Chorus]
       Em                                               A
I was raised on the river, muddy water gonna carry me home
            Em                                               A
She's gonna rock me like a baby rollin' in her sweet lovin' arms
        D                       B
I was a barefoot boy born in in Dixieland
   A                            F#
Brought up on the banks to be a river man
      B    E              A
Sweet child of the Mississippi
      B    E              A
Sweet child of the Mississippi
      B    E              A
Sweet child of the Mississippi
      B    E                 G
Sweet child of the Mississippi