F F F F C C F F [Verse 1] F Oh it's raining, raining, raining here this morning C As I sit in jail and hang my head in shame C F With a smile I try to greet each early dawning F C But they've given me a number for my name [Verse 2] F Many a little raindrops are falling close to me F C Makes the streams and rivers just as muddy as can be F It's raining, raining, raining here this morning F C As the Mississippi flows on to the sea [Instrumental] F F F F F F C C F F F F F F C C [Verse 3] F How I wish that I could see my little darling F C And hold her in my arms just as before F I used to tell her every day I loved her F C But now she doesn't love me anymore [Verse 4] F She knew that I was guilty of this one crime F C And said that she'd be waiting there for me F But she has found somewhere else to wander F C Where the Mississippi flows on to the sea [Instrumental] F F F F F F C C F F F F C C F F [Verse 5] F Its raining, raining, raining here this morning F C And I am just as weary as can be F I wish that I could follow all the raindrops F C F Down the Mississippi toward the silver sea [Verse 6] F But there's no way to prove that I'm not guilty F C So I will have to suffer all the shame C F Go and tell her for me little raindrops F C F That they've given me a number for my name