Kristin Hersh

Mississippi Kite(Chords)

Kristin Hersh

Key: D

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Tuned down a whole step to D-G-C-F-A-D. 
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fig.1:   
d----0--------0-------0-------- 
a-12---12--10---10--8---8--7/-- 
f------------------------------ 
c------------------------------ 
g------------------------------ 
d------------------------------ 

fig.2:                                    
d-------------------------------------------------- 
a-------------------------------------------------- 
f-14b15r14----14b15r14----14b15r14-----14b15r14---- 
c-14b15r14-14-14b15r14-14-14b15r14-14--14b15r14-14- 
g-------------------------------------------------- 
d-------------------------------------------------- 

chords: 
    G5      D5       C5      A#5     A5               
d------- -------- ------- ------- --------  
a------- -------- ------- ------- --------  
f------- -------- ------- ------- --------  
c---5--- ---12--- ---10-- ---8--- ---7---- 
g---5--- ---12--- ---10-- ---8--- ---7---- 
d---3--- ---10--- ---8--- ---6--- ---5----  
_____________________________________________________ fig.1 You paint your own T.V. on the wall fig.1 Carve out insects to feed us all fig.1 A5 Lights flash by and the fast world echoes your thoughts E5 D5 C5 B5 Your compass led you to the edge of a lake E5 D5 C5 B5 You'll singe your nuts down there if you take E5 D5 C5 B5 Such bad advice from the love gods of hate A5 You'll get cold E5 D5 You get burned, you get cold C5 B5 E5 D5 You get burned, you get cold C5 B5 E5 D5 You get burned, you get cold C5 B5 A5 You get burned, you get cold E5 D5 C5 B5 On the plush green rug in the lime green light E5 D5 C5 B5 Eyes like white stones in black light E5 D5 C5 B5 I promise you everything that you like A5 I go E5 D5 C5 B5 Mississippi kite E5 D5 C5 B5 Mississippi kite E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 Mississippi kite _______________________________________________________________ fig.2 (x2)
lead 1:                                    
d-------------------------------------5---------------- 
a-------------------------0-3-5-5-3-5---5/10--10/12-12- 
f-----------------0---0-2------------------------------ 
c------------0--2---2---------------------------------- 
g--------0-2------------------------------------------- 
d-0-0-/3----------------------------------------------- 
_______________________________________________________________ fig.1 Gloss assails us, then dims fig.1 Comic book nights, L.A. grim fig.1 A5 The Hollywood martians, lucky stiffs, fucking win E5 D5 C5 B5 You told me enough times you can't give me enough rope E5 D5 C5 B5 To hang myself one time but I can always hope E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 You come down on me so hard that I choke and go E5 D5 You get burned, you get cold C5 B5 E5 D5 You get burned, you get cold C5 B5 E5 D5 You get burned, you get cold C5 B5 A5 You get burned, you get cold E5 D5 C5 B5 Meanwhile I feed you boric acid and air E5 D5 C5 B5 Lemon drops, snow cream, speckled eggs E5 D5 C5 B5 The sweat seeps in through a crack in your head A5 And you go E5 D5 C5 B5 Mississippi kite E5 D5 C5 B5 Mississippi kite E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 Mississippi kite E5 D5 C5 B5 Mississippi kite E5 D5 C5 B5 Mississippi kite E5 D5 C5 B5 Mississippi kite _____________________________________________________________
fig.2 (x2)                                    

lead 2:                                    
d---------------------------3---5---5/7-7-7/10-10-7-10/12-12- 
a---------------------3/5-5---5---5-------------------------- 
f-----------------0------------------------------------------ 
c------------0--2---2---------------------------------------- 
g--------0-2------------------------------------------------- 
d-0-0-/3----------------------------------------------------- 
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On the SPEEDBATH version there is a different intro and this is repeated  
several times throughout the song, sometimes with slight variations. 
(slides are sometimes audible) 

d-----3-------------7----------------------------- 
a-3h5---5-3h5---3h5---5-3h5----3h5-7-7h8-8-10-8-5- 
f---------------------------4--------------------- 
c------------------------------------------------- 
g------------------------------------------------- 
d-------------------------------------------------

Written by Kristin Hersh

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