Mississippi River Runnin Backwards chords

[INTRO]
[G]Old man [C]river, that [G]old man [C]river
He [Bm]just keeps [Am]rolling a[G]long

[VERSE]
[G]Mississippi River runnin' backwards
[Am]Earthquakes shook the land
It [D]happened down here in 1912
It's [C]happening here a[G]gain

[VERSE]
[G]Feast and famine, ya'll, fire and flood
Abomi[Am]nations, you understand
Don't [D]need no Old Testament prophet to tell me
We ain't [C]living in the Promised [G]Land

[CHORUS]
[G]Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow
Yeah, [Am]blow that ragtime jazz
[Bm]Judgement day is coming down [Em]here, y'all
In the [F]land of the [C]razzma[G]tazz

[VERSE]
[G]I saw carpet-sweepers and microwave ovens
I saw [Am]busted-out television screens
[D]Empty of TV evangelist cats
With their [C]hair all slicked up with Bryl[G]creem

[VERSE]
[G]Now the gospel news, to you real bad news
No need to in[Am]vent all that doom and gloom
It's a [D]one-legged race to the liquor store
It's a [C]hop, skip and jump into the [G]tomb

[CHORUS]
[G]Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow
Yeah, [Am]blow that ragtime jazz
[Bm]Judgement day is coming down [Em]here, y'all
In the [F]land of the [C]razzma[G]tazz

[BRIDGE]
[Bb]Steamboat whistles blowing under[Am]water
Everything is [G]backwards and upside down [G] [A] [Bb]
Baby Moses in the [Am]bulrushes
Paddling [D]sideways to higher ground

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Em] [C] [Am] [C] [Em] [C] [D] [D/C] [D/B] [D/A]

[VERSE]
[G]Old ladies gambling inside riverboat casinos
[Am]Whirlpools swallowed 'em down
In[D]surance executives and Fuller Brush salesmen
[C]Bushwhacked trying to leave [G]town

[VERSE]
[G]But their lifeboats went backwards up the Mississippi River
To the [Am]ancient Missouri sod
Up to [D]Iowa and Minnesota
Into the [C]hands of a righteous [G]god

[CHORUS]
[G]Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow
Yeah, [Am]blow that ragtime jazz
[Bm]Judgement day is coming down [Em]here, y'all
In the [F]land of the [C]razzma[G]tazz

[CHORUS]
[G]Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow
Yeah, [Am]blow that ragtime jazz
[Bm]Judgement day is coming down [Em]here, y'all
In the [F]land of the [C]razzma[G]tazz
In the [F]land of the [C]razzma[G]tazz
In the [F]land of the [C]razzma[G]tazz
In the [F]land of the [C]razzma[G]tazz