"MISSISSIPPI QUEEN " MOUNTAIN As heard on CLIMBING! (CO LU MBIA ) Words and Mus ic by Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, Corky Laing and David Rea * Transcribed by Je sse Gress
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Mississippi Mississippi
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Queen Queen
whatI do you know shetaughtme everything
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mean
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don 'r pla y 2nd time
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~ 2nd Ver se (0:58) Mississippi
Queen
if
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you know
what I
mean
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Mississippi
Queen
she taughtme everyth ing
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"MISSISSIPPI QUE EN" This lady
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asked
me
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wouldbe her man
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You know
that I
lookin'
to keep her
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told
her
pretty
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I'd
do
buy
her
what I
can
dresses that
shine
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bread
was losin' mine
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