Catfish John chords and lyrics - JERRY GARCIA AND JERRY GARCIA BAND

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Mama said,
Don't go [C]near that [G]river,
Don't be hanging around
old Catfish [D]John[C][G]
Come in the morning [C]I'd
always be there,
[G]Walking in his footsteps in
the [D]sweet Delta dawn.
[G]

[Verse 2]
Take me [C]back to another morning,
[G]to a tim[C]e so long ago[G],
When the [C]sweet magnolia blos[G]somed,
cotton [C]fields [D]as white as snow.
[G]

[Verse 3]
Catfish [C]John was a river [G]hobo who lived
[C]an d died by the river[F]'s [G]bed,
Looking [C]back I still remem[G]ber I was
[C]proud [D]to be his fri[G]end.[D]

[Verse 4]
[G]Mama said,
Don't go [C]near that [G]river,
Don't be hanging around old
Catfish [D]John[G][D][G]
Come in the morning I'd
[C]always be there,
[G]Walking in his footsteps in the [D]sweet Delta dawn.

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
Born a [C]slave in the town of Vicks[G]burg,
traded [C]for a chestnut [G]mare,[D][G]
Lord her [C]never spoke in [G]anger though
his [D]load was hard to bear.
[G][D][G][D]

[Verse 6]
[G]Mama said, "Don't go [C]near that river,
[G][C][D][C][G]
Come in the morning [C]I'd
always be there,
[G]Walking in his footsteps in the
[D]sweet Delta [G]dawn.[D]
[G]Walking in his footsteps [C]in the [D]sweet

[Outro 1]
Delta dawn.
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