Mississippi Mud

by The Platters/Ray Charles · posted by aussie

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

CHORUS
  6  -6   7    7    6   6   7     7  b-6
When the sun goes down the tide goes out
b-6  7 7    7  7    -7   b-7  b-7 -6  -6-6  -6
The people gather `round and they all begin to
  5
shout
 7   -6   b-7-7  6   -6 -6   6    6  -6   -6
Hey! Hey! Uncle Dud it`s a treat to beat your
  6  -6 -6   6 6 -6 -6   6
feet on the Mississippi Mud
 -6 -6   6    6  -6   -6    6  -6 -6
It`s a treat to beat your feet on the 
 6 6 -6 -6   6
Mississippi Mud
  7  7   6    7   7 b-6  7 7  -7  b-7  -6-6    5
What a dance do they do Lordy how I`m tellin` you
 -5   -5     5   5  -4    -5   -4   -5  -5
They don`t need no band, They keep time by 
 5 -5      5    -4
clappin` their hand
 -4   4 -4 4  -4 4 b5   5 b5    5 5 -6
Just as happy as a cow chewin` on a cud
 -6  b-6 -6 b-6  -6    6    -6  -6  6
When the people beat their feet on the 
 6 -6 b5-4   4
Mississippi Mud
VERSE 1.
b-3-3  4   -4    5  -5  b-3 -3   4   -4    5  -5
Lordy how they play it Goodness how they sway it
 7-6   7   7-6  -7  -6   b-6   6   -6    6   -6
Uncle Joe Uncle Jim how they pound the mire with
-7 6  -6   6
vigor and vim
2.
Joy! the music thrills me Boy! it nearly kills me
What a show when they go, Say they beat it up 
either fast or slow
REPEAT CHORUS

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