Steamboat Whistle Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Em][F][G][C][Am][G]
[C]

[Verse 1]
Well [C]I started
out to be a [Am]towboat man
But I [G]never got the hang of a [C]ratchet bar
I was a -growin up a-deckin in the
Illinois trade with [D]coal dust in [G]my ear
I got [F]stuck in the ice on [Em]Christmas Eve
And I [D]froze my ass it's [G]true
Just [C]a shiv'rin and a-shakin with a
[Am]Down South case of them
[G]Steamboat whistle [C]blues
Oh Captain Way I'm [Em]sorry,
my [F]hat is off to [G]you
You've been a-hanging [C]out out
by the [Am]old cook stove
With the [G]steamboat whistle [C]blues

[Interlude 1]
[C][Am][G]
[C][D][G][F][Em]
[D][G][C][Am][C][G][C]

[Verse 2]
Well way up North [Am]I called your phone
But I [G]didn't get no one to [C]answer
So I opened up the window
and I [Am]smoked a little [C]bit
And I [D]watched [G]the cars go by
I'm gonna [F]hunt you up and [Em]ask you
If you [D]found out anything [G]new
[C]Or are you a-hangin to to the
[Am]best you had
With the [G]steamboat whistle [C]blues
I've been right here since
[Em]nine o'clock
And be[F]lieve you me that's [G]true
Just a-lookin [C]at at the water ways [Am]churning with the [G]steamboat
whistle [C]blues

[Interlude 2]
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[G][F][Em][D][G][C][Am][G]
[C]

[Verse 3]
Well [C]the city's growing up
where it [D]looks all square
[C]Like a c[G]rossword puzzle
on the [C]landscape
It looks like an electric [Am]shaver now
[C]Where the [G]courthouse used to be
The [F]grass is all synthet[Em]ic
And we [D]don't know for [G]sure
about the food
[C]The only thing we [Am]know for sure is
them [G]steamboat whistle [C]blues
I'd sit and watch my [Em]TV if I t[F]hought
I could trust [G]the news
About the [C]only thing I [Am]trust these days
Is them [G]steamboat whistle [C]blues[Am]
[G][C]

[Interlude 3]
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[Em][G][C][Am][C][G][C]

[Verse 4]
Well "far out" Johnny well [Am]I
heard him say
As he [G]stretched out back on
the [C]water bed
Bluegrass music is a [Am]thing of the past
And the [D]same for [G]rock and roll
And I [F]loaned him two or three [Em]dollars
And he [G]gave me the latest news
And he [C]left me here with
a [Am]Rolling Stone
And the [G]steamboat whistle [C]blues
I'll tear off down [Em]the river some
[F]day before [G]I'm through
Then come back [G]here and see it out
With the steamboat whistle
[C]blues

[Outro 1]
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