Verse 1GAD
January came and took my heart away
DEmDAG
Feb-ru-a-ry felt the same
F#mEmD
March, my hugs became hold ons
DAG
April, I huffed like porridge on the boil
GAD
Morning May, I'm downwind from your shampoo
DEmDAGEm
Ichi, ni, san, go, roku, nana, hachi, kyuu, jyuu
DAG
June, I learned to count to ten in Japanese
GAD
Dry July, like wiping skin from my skull
DEmDAG
Instead, I visited family
F#mEm
They told me I'm special
AG
Hmm
Verse 2GAD
Augustus came and stabilised me with my father's pain
DEmDAG
Relieving drug, diazepam
F#mED
Life floats away
DAG
October, I swam back for my birthday
GAD
Firework display in a cafeteria of my old school
DEmDAGF#mEm
Happ-i-er my cold, black sleep in my cold, deep bed
DAG
December, you sang at my funeral
[B-section]
D/ABmDA
If it's depths to your rivers, I've picked one for you
D/ABmDA
Oh, greedy with Ss but equalled by Is
D/ABmDA
If it's stones for your pockets, I've collected a few
D/ABm
To hold you down
DA
To hold you down
ChorusGADG
Mississippi, come back to me
GADG
Oh, Mississippi, your cold, black sleep
GADG
Oh, Mississippi
DAD
Oh, oh, oh
[Break]
D/ABmDAD/ABmDAD/ABmDAD/ABmDAChorusGADG
Mississippi, come back to me
GADG
Come, Mississippi, from your cold, black sleep
GADG
Oh, Mississippi
DAD
Hmm
DAD
Hmm
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.