Catfish John Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Mama said [C]don't go
near that river
[G]Don't be hangin' round old
Catfish [D]John
[G]Come the morning I'd
[C]always be there,
[G]walking in his footsteps
in the [D]sweet delta [G]dark.
Let me [C]dream of another [G]morning
and a [C]time so [G]long ago,
when the [C]sweet magnolias
[G]blossomed,
cotton fields were [D]white as [G]snow,
Catfish [C]John was a river [G]hobo,
lived and [C]died where the river bend[G]s,
searching [C]back I still remem[G]ber,
I was proud to [D]be his [G]friend.
Mama said, don't go [C]near that beaver,
[G]don't be hanging around
old Catfish [D]John,
[G]come the morning I'd
[C]always be there,
[G]walking in his footsteps
in the [D]sweet delta [G]down.[C][G][D][G]
Born a [C]slave in the town of [G]Vicksburg,
Traded [C]for a chestnut [G]make,
Still he [C]never spoke in [G]an ger,
Though his load was [D]hard to [G]bear.
Mama said, don't go [C]near that river,
[G]don't be hanging around old
Catfish [D]John,
[G]come the morning I'll
[C]always be there,
[G]walking in his footsteps
in the [D]sweet delta [G]dawn.
Walking in his footsteps
in the [D]sweet delta [G]dawn.
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