Lirik dan Chord Lagu Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo – Grateful Dead

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Grup band asal Amerika Serikat, Grateful Dead, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo”.

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1967 melalui label rekaman Warner Bros.

“Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” muncul dalam album studio mereka yang bertajuk American Beauty.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” dari Grateful Dead:

[Verse 1]
C                            E7
On the day when I was born
F                                Am
Daddy sat down and cried
F                                   C           G
I had the mark just as plain as day
             D7                   G7
Which could not be denied
C                                       E7
They say that Cain caught Abel
F                   Am
Rollin' loaded dice
F                        C          G
Ace of Spades behind his ear
         F                        E7
And him not thinkin' twice

[Chorus]
Am
Halfstep, Mississippi uptown toodeloo
F                            C           G
Hello, baby, I'm gone, goodbye
F                      C             G
Half a cup of Rock and Rye
F                             C                G
Farewell to you old Southern skies
        Am                E7
I'm on my way, on my way.

[Instrumental]
Am Ammaj7 Am7 D9
F Dm B7 E7
Am Ammaj7 Am7 D9
F Am D7 G7

[Verse 2]
C                   E7
If all you got to live for
F                      Am
Is what you left behind
F                       C          G
Get yourself a powder charge
D7                              G7
And seal that silver mine
C                     E7
Lost my boots in transit, babe
F                   Am
A pile of smokin' leather
F                       C            G
I nailed a retread to my feet
D7                                        E7
And prayed for better weather

[Chorus]
Am
Halfstep, Mississippi uptown toodeloo
F                          C            G
Hello, baby, I'm gone, goodbye
F                     C             G
Half a cup of Rock and Rye
F                             C           G
Farewell to you old Southern skies
        Am            E7
I'm on my way, on my way

[Instrumental]
Am Ammaj7 Am7 D9
F Dm B7 E7
Am Ammaj7 Am7 D9
F Am D7 G7

[Verse 3]
C                      E7
They say that when your ship comes in
F                    Am
The first man takes the sails
F                          C               G
The second takes the afterdeck
D7                           G7
The third the planks and rails
C                      E7
What's the point of callin' shots?
F                     Am
This cue ain't straight in line
F                         C        G
Cue ball's made of styrofoam
D7                               E7
And no one's got the time

[Chorus]

[Outro]
      A                  D              A                    D
Across the Rio Grandeeo, Across the lazy river