Intro:
C – G – D – G
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G C
Mama said don't go
near that river
G D
Don't be hangin’
‘round old Catfish John
G C
Come the morning, I'd
always be there
G
D G
Walking in his
footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
C
G C G
Let me dream of another morning; And the time so
long ago
C
G
D G
When the sweet magnolias blossom; Cotton fields
were white as snow
C G C G
Catfish John was a river hobo; Lived and died
where the river bends
C G D G
Searching back, I still remember; I was proud to
be his friend
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C
G
C G
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg; Traded
for a chestnut mare
C G D G
Still he never spoke in anger; Though his load
was hard to bear