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Version 1No capo [Verse] C Am F G I can't recall my mother, I don't remember dad C Am D G Mister and Missis- sippi was all I ever had F C C/B Am Oh, I was born to wander, oh I was born to roam C Am D G C And Mister and Missis- sippi made me feel at home [Chorus] F C C/G Am Oh, I was born to wander, I was born to roam C Am F G C And Mister and Missis- sippi made me feel at home [Verse] C Am F G My cradle was the river, my school a river boat C Am D G My teacher was a gambler, the slickest one a- float F Am C Am My teacher was a gambler, the slickest one a- float C Em F G C He taught me not to gamble on a petti- coat [Chorus] F C C/G Am Oh, I was born to wander, I was born to roam C Em F G C And Mister and Missis- sippi made me feel at home [Verse] C C/G F F# G Oh, Betty Mae, I (Am )love you, I love you, Betty Mae C Am C/E D G I love you like a barefoot boy loves a summer day F F#dim G Am The way a wand'ring gypsy loves the changing scenes C Am Em F G C Just like the restless river loves old New Or- leans [Chorus] F C C/G Am Oh, I was born to wander, I was born to roam C Em F G C And Mister and Missis- sippi made me feel at home -----