SteelDrivers, The - Ghosts Of Mississippi Lyrics

Ghosts I've left behind me

Late one night behind corn whiskey
I fell asleep with a pistol in my hand
I dreamed about the ghosts I've left behind me
And the blues came walkin' in like a man
Without a word I passed that pistol over
He handled it like I'd never seen
A crooked smile was his expression
Then he closed his eyes and bullets began to ring
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Shot me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Shot me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Shot me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Shot me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
When I woke up I looked into the mirror
I saw no reflection for a while
But as my eyes came into focus
I recognized that crooked smile
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Shot me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Shot me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Late one night behind corn whiskey
I fell asleep with a pistol in my hand
I dreamed about the ghosts I've left behind me
And the blues came walkin' like a man
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Shot me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Shot me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be...

Chain gang Music. If HollyWood ever remake Cool Hand Luke this should be the theme.

I would like to point out that part of this was stolen from the star of the county down to took me forever to think of what it was sounded so familiar I really their beat Jacking Irish folk bands.

And before any of you frumpy motherfuckers start putting shit like I'm being serious just know that this is a joke.............. even though it does sound eerily identical

https://youtu.be/ZqePkqrZZJs I wrote this song... Thinking of you guys. Wish you'd give it a listen. Would love you to pick it up... Among others of mine. Love you guys...

Throwed a fiddle in the swamp..

Stapleton and the Band are Amazing. Who the F*** Said Thumbs down?

i came here from Hashinshin

This Music calms the beast. Thank you

I ain't one for country but damn this song got me feeling it

This should be on Ozark season 3

1.3k people have no taste in good music

Sounds like Chris Stapleton

That it is.

It is chris Stapleton

I came from Crypt's microphone video.
Thank you for singing this music. 😁

This is gold!

Crossroads baby

It's just that damn good. Music got soul. Love it.

Some folks are dieing to go to Mississippi.

since 1 year without deal = financial asilium . We are alive for moment

Late one night behind corn whiskey
I fell asleep with a guitar in my hand
I dreamed about the ghosts of Mississippi
And the blues came walkin' in like a man
Without a word I passed that guitar over
He tuned it up like I'd never seen
A crooked smile was his expression
Then he closed his eyes and began to sing
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
When I woke up I looked into the mirror
I saw no reflection for a while
But as my eyes came into focus
I recognized that crooked smile
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Late one night behind corn whiskey
I fell asleep with a guitar in my hand
I dreamed about the ghosts of Mississippi
And the blues came walkin' like a man
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be

Whos here because good mythical morning

This is what happens when great musicians make the music they wanna make, for no reason other than their absolute love of playing.

Banjo tabs? Pls

late one night behind corn whiskey...

Hashinshin!

I hope these guys keep making music if they havnt already stopped their really good!

The 1200 dislikes must be kane brown pussy wiped.

It’s pronounced missippi

BEST SONG I EVER HEARD

Reminds me of my childhood when my dad's cousins and mine would come over with their banjos n spoons. Everyone sat around and jammed. Everyone. It was a good childhood.

*Beansie* well jokes on me then lmao

@Cardinal Sausage Not so much bro....I'm still old af

@*Beansie* how old? Like 40? Your still kickin dust and what not. I'm sure you had a good trail behind ya, just when ya do go. Lay that banjo steadily where it may forever stand where you lye.

@Yggdrasil Jormungandr Closer to 50 than to 40, friend. My mom used to call this Youth Part 2 and I know I'm only halfway through it but in these times I may as well be 80 & senile. Thank you for your kind words and may the winds be always at your back.

@*Beansie* *head nod* you are a friend to me, thank you.

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None more in this nation... than the Indian, nations!

I’m really starting to like country, but I hate whiskey 🤮

1,200 have no soul. If this doesn't speak to you, you're quite possibly deaf.

I'm. Crying

Wish I could play this music during my streams lol. Goddamn this band deserves more attention.

Late one night behind corn whiskey
I fell asleep with a guitar in my hand
I dreamed about the ghosts of Mississippi
And the blues came walkin' in like a man

Without a word I passed that guitar over
He tuned it up like I'd never seen
A crooked smile was his expression
Then he closed his eyes and began to sing

Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be

When I woke up I looked into the mirror
I saw no reflection for a while
But as my eyes came into focus
I recognized that crooked smile

Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be

Late one night behind corn whiskey
I fell asleep with a guitar in my hand
I dreamed about the ghosts of Mississippi
And the blues came walkin' like a man

Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be

Do I hear Chris stapleton

He was there lead singer.

OHHHHH LORD WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME? GOT ME DOWN IS MISSISSIPPI WHERE I DONT WANNA BE!!!!!

Cody Jinks, The Steel Drivers, Tyler Childers, Turnpike Troubadours...


I'd rather listen to these guys than Crap (Country + Rap) [clever, right? ;) ]

Can I get an amen for REAL country instead of 'Old Town Road'-type crap?

This is a slave song and I take offense to it

nobody cares

This song ooooozes moonshine.

God Bless America.

Bad ass!

Great i heard it as Intro from Black stone cherry Concert....

This music is cool lol ha ha

Wow coooooooollllll

NYEH HEH TWITCH CHAT

Aint nottin sweeter than shooting squirrels and ploughin cousins, JIIHAAA!

yeah ok but it'd be much cooler if ya had any ...FEMALE cousins...... teach 'em boys about butthole bleach would'ya ? da brown stanky is gettin old....

BORN And Raised in NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI its HOT Its MUDDY and if you don't watch out you'll BE STAYING.

Epic just epic, wow!

Great song

OLD TYME MUSIC FOR A YOUNG GENERATION!!!! FUCKIN RIGHT!!!!


I've jammed this album so much I am surprised my device still works

Mind your language young feller this is a public market

LYRICS:
Late one night behind corn whiskey
I fell asleep with a guitar in my hand
I dreamed about the ghosts of Mississippi
And the blues came walkin' in like a man

Without a word I passed that guitar over
He tuned it up like I'd never seen
A crooked smile was his expression
Then he closed his eyes and began to sing

Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be

When I woke up I looked into the mirror
I saw no reflection for a while
But as my eyes came into focus
I recognized that crooked smile

Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be

Late one night behind corn whiskey
I fell asleep with a guitar in my hand
I dreamed about the ghosts of Mississippi
And the blues came walkin' like a man

Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be
Oh Lord why have you forsaken me
Got me down in Mississippi where I don't want to be

You forgot the "Well I already know one thing" at the end, lol.

Check out Jompson Brothers as well

My new favourite band!! 🇺🇸🤠 as real as music gets, pure authenticity 🎻🎸 true country music!! 👌

I seen the ghost of Mississippi many times he shows up in the woods Every stormy foggy night I am actually from Mississippi

Much love from MS

HASHINSHIN

I got a question.
I have found this band not to long a go and I have found 3 songs I love by them
This one
Peacemaker
And the one I found first blue side of the mountain

Is there anymore y’all could recommend for me

Jesse Carpenter “If it Hadn’t Been for Love” “Good Corn Liquor”!

If I hadn’t been for love, long way down and midnight train to Memphis

Thank y’all so much. I’ll be listening to this band for a while

Awesome

Where the spirit does not manifest himself through love, true greatness will not exist.
Do you not see those monarchs who are on their throne today, and tomorrow they are groveling in their misery? Do you not see the wise men rectifying that which they previously regarded as the truth? Have you not seen a beautiful woman, admired and desired, and later transformed into tatters? Therefore, do not confuse the eternal values with the fleeting human vanities.

Fuckers dont know how to spell Chris Stapleton.

this is me !!!!!!!!!!!!

I Live in old mississippi

I just found out the basist of the steeldrivers, mike flemming, is the father of emily flemming who works on GMM with Rhett and link.

Top.god bless you from Morocco

People don’t appreciate this song for what it is saying I just hope Chris ain’t telling us he sold his soul

This song is sick why us there only 400 comments

Startin to like more than O.C.M.S.

I don't wanna sound stupid but does this song refer to the myth of the crossroads?

This is country i can enjoy because it takes me to mu Cajun roots

LOVE IT!!!! Another some of you may like is a band called "The White Trash Blues Revival", look it up and enjoy

Look up the reverend Peytons big damn band after y'all look that up.

Southern music with a Yankee touch. I respect you son, wish you were on our side.

I love when bands throw out a  country song that keeps the embers alive.

Great song, but this isn't bluegrass, folks. :)

THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S BLUES-GRASS INVENTED BY BILL MONROE AFTER HE LEFT THE ALMOST ALL BLACK BLUES BAND TO FORM HIS BAND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED BILL MONROE AND "THE BLUES-GRASS BOYS"! LMAORH

Got it, avoid Mississippi

If this song doesn't make you move, check your pulse.

Get a grip. If you don't live here you don't know anything about Mississippi. The song is about a slave 150+ years ago!

Doesn't mean it isn't a footstomper.

I vote for a new genre of music! CHRIS STAPLETON.

Right up there with coal mine by that yoakam fella

These dudes are amazing. One of the best songs I’ve ever heard

Almost at 1k dislikes you uncultured swine! This is country in my opinion we need more of this!! And we need it fast!

That singer sounds almost exactly like Jimmy Buffett

you might want to go see a ear specialist

Red Dead Redemption 2

This is really good.

Just found this.. December 2018.. Good music still exists!

Hard to believe I knew who Chris Stapleton was before I knew who Chris Stapleton was XD always known him and the band as the steeldrivers.

This is so badass

this comment section is just full of old farts

MISSISSIPPI GHOST

hash boys unite

You cant listen if you arent from mississippi like me.

Anyone else know this is Chris Stapleton

I think so

i swore it was him the first time i heard it... wikipedia confirmed lol

Yup they used to play at Frankie's Plaza in Morehead, KY. Made my college years great

Yeah it is

Good tune, listening in Colorado.

Goddamn this is good

ROCKSTAR GAMES PRESENTS :RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 :)

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