Biografia:
Ted Hawkins (October 28, 1936 – January 1, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter. He was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States.
Hawkins was an enigmatic figure through most of his career; he split his time between his adopted hometown of Venice Beach, California where he was a mostly anonymous street performer, and Europe, where he and his songs were better known and well received in clubs and small concert halls.
Hawkins lived a difficult early life
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Ted Hawkins - Missin' Missippi
[Intro]
F Bb F Bb F Bb
[Verse 1]
F Bb F Bb
Mamma and daddy raisin'cotton and kids
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where the mississippi river flows.
F Bb F Bb
Planting my dreams in that black delta dirt.
C
Talking about another tomorrow.
[Chorus]
Dm C F
A sharecropper shack in that hot cotton patch
Bb Dm F
was home sweet home to me.
Dm C F
And I wouldn't take a mansion in place,
Bb C F
of my Mississippi memories.
[Verse 2]
F Bb C F
Oooo I'Oh, I'm missin' Mississippi.
Bb C F
Miss that misty Delta dawn.
Bb C F Bb
Oooo I'Oh, I'm missin' Mississippi.
Gm C F Bb
Oh, I miss my Mississippi home.
[Instrumental]
F Bb F Bb F Bb
[Verse 3]
F Bb F Bb
Now the kids have grown up and Momma's passed on
F Bb F Bb
And Daddy's age is starting to show.
F Bb F
Things have changed, lies a big 4-lane
Bb C
where that Delta cotton used to grow.
[Chorus]
Dm C F
But time hasn't touched my daddy's love
Bb Dm F
for his hard working sharecropper wife.
Dm C F
Cause I've overheard his soft tender words
Bb C F
as he talks to her picture at night.
[Verse 4]
F Bb C F
Oooo I'Oh, I'm missin' Mississippi.
Bb C F
Miss that misty Delta dawn.
Bb C F Bb
Oooo I'Oh, I'm missin' Mississippi.
Gm C F Bb
Oh, I miss my Mississippi home.
[Outro]
F Bb F Bb F Bb
[Intro]
F Bb F Bb F Bb
[Verse 1]
F Bb F Bb
Mamma and daddy raisin'cotton and kids
F Bb F Bb
where the mississippi river flows.
F Bb F Bb
Planting my dreams in that black delta dirt.
C
Talking about another tomorrow.
[Chorus]
Dm C F
A sharecropper shack in that hot cotton patch
Bb Dm F
was home sweet home to me.
Dm C F
And I wouldn't take a mansion in place,
Bb C F
of my Mississippi memories.
[Verse 2]
F Bb C F
Oooo I'Oh, I'm missin' Mississippi.
Bb C F
Miss that misty Delta dawn.
Bb C F Bb
Oooo I'Oh, I'm missin' Mississippi.
Gm C F Bb
Oh, I miss my Mississippi home.
[Instrumental]
F Bb F Bb F Bb
[Verse 3]
F Bb F Bb
Now the kids have grown up and Momma's passed on
F Bb F Bb
And Daddy's age is starting to show.
F Bb F
Things have changed, lies a big 4-lane
Bb C
where that Delta cotton used to grow.
[Chorus]
Dm C F
But time hasn't touched my daddy's love
Bb Dm F
for his hard working sharecropper wife.
Dm C F
Cause I've overheard his soft tender words
Bb C F
as he talks to her picture at night.
[Verse 4]
F Bb C F
Oooo I'Oh, I'm missin' Mississippi.
Bb C F
Miss that misty Delta dawn.
Bb C F Bb
Oooo I'Oh, I'm missin' Mississippi.
Gm C F Bb
Oh, I miss my Mississippi home.
[Outro]
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