GAD
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 2]
GAD
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
[Chorus]
GADG
Mississippi, come back to me
GADG
Oh, Mississippi, your cold, black sleep
GADG
Oh, Mississippi
DAD
Oh, oh, oh
[Break]
D/ABmDAD/ABmDAD/ABmDAD/ABmDA
[Chorus]
GADG
Mississippi, come back to me
GADG
Come, Mississippi, from your cold, black sleep
GADG
Oh, Mississippi
DAD
Hmm
DAD
Hmm