| D | A | G | |
| Well, it's a | long way from | Star, Missi | ssippi |
| D | A | G | |
| To the | big stage I'm | singing on ton | ight |
| D | A | G | |
| And some | times the | butterflies still | get me |
| C | A | |
| When I'm | in the spot | light |
| D | A | G | |
| And some | people seem to | think that | I've changed |
| D | A | G | |
| That I'm | different | than I was back t | hen |
| D | A | G | |
| But in my | soul, I | know that I'm the | same way |
| C | A | |
| That I've | really always b | een |
| CHORUS: |
| D | A | D | |
| 'Cause a | Mississippi girl don't | change her | ways |
| G | A | |
| Just 'cause everybody k | nows her name |
| D | A | D | G | |
| Ain't big headed from a l | ittle bit of f | a--- | me |
| D | A | D | |
| I still like wearing my o | ld ball c | ap |
| G | A | |
| Ridin' my kids aro | und piggy back |
| C | G | |
| They may know me all around the wo | rld |
| C | A | D | |
| But, | y'all, I'm still a | Mississippi | girl |
| D C G (x2) |
| D | A | G | |
| Well, I s | pent a few | weeks in Cali | fornia |
| D | A | G | |
| They put my f | ace | on the big movie | screen |
| D | A | G | |
| But that don't | mean I've for | gotten where I | came from |
| C | A | |
| That's just | me chasing d | reams |
| CHORUS |
| Outro: D C G (repeat to end) |