Intro: D   G D    D   G D 

Chorus: 
     G 
Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man  
D 
We get together every time we can 

The Mississippi River can't keep us apart 
                               G           D 
There's too much love in this Mississippi heart  
                       G         D 
Too much love in this Louisiana heart 


Verse: 
      D 
Well,See the alligator all a waitin' nearby  
                    G             D 
Soon or later they know I'm gonna try 

When she wave from the bank don't you know I know 
                            G              D 
It's a goodbye fishin' line see you while ago 


BREAK: 
        D 
With a Louisiana woman waitin'  

On the other side 

The Mississippi River 
       G       D 
Don't look so wide 

  
Chorus: 
      G 
Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man  
D 
We get together every time we can 

The Mississippi River can't keep us apart 
                              G           D 
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart  
                       G         D 
Too much love in this Louisiana heart 


Verse: 
 D 
Well I thought I'd been loved but I never had 
                                    G           D 
Till I was wrapped in the arms of a Mississippi man 

When he holds me close it feels almost  
                            G           D 
Like another hurricane just ripped the coast 

If he can't come to me I'm gonna go to him 
                                  G      D 
That Mississippi River, Lord, I'm gonna swim 


Chorus: 
     G 
Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man  
D 
We get together every time we can 

The Mississippi River can't keep us apart 
                               G           D 
There's too much love in this Mississippi heart  
                       G         D 
Too much love in this Louisiana heart 


INTERLUDE: (CHORDS TO Chorus) 
           G   D      G D  G D 

Verse: 
 D 
Well the Mississippi River, Lord, it's one mile wide  
                            G      D 
And I'm gonna get me to the other side 

Mississippi man I'm losin' my mind  
                       G         D 
Gotta have your loving one more time 

I'm gonna jump in the river and here I go  
                        G        D 
Too bad alligatior you swim too slow 


Chorus: 
     G 
Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man  
D 
We get together every time we can 

The Mississippi River can't keep us apart 
                               G           D 
There's too much love in this Mississippi heart  
                       G         D 
Too much love in this Louisiana heart 
                                     G           D 
Yeah, there's too much love in this Mississippi heart  
                      G         D 
Too much love in this Louisiana heart 
  G         D 
Heeeeeeey, hey 
                       G           D 
Too much love in this Mississippi heart  
                       G         D 
Too much love in this Louisiana heart 
                               G           D    G  D 
There's too much love in this Mississippi heart  
 D             G   D     
Too much love