Chords for Catfish John
Tempo:
79 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D]
Mama said [G] don't go near [D] that hill, don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
[D] Come the morning I'll [G] always be there, [D]
walking in his footsteps in the [G] sweet [D] delta dawn.
[G] Let me dream of [D] another morning [G] and a time long [D] ago,
[G] when the sweet [D] magnolia blossomed and cotton [A] fields [D] quietly swung.
[G] Catfish John was a [D] river who [G] lived and died on the [D] river's bend,
[G] looking back I [D] can't remember.
I was glad [A] to [D] be his, but Mama said [G] don't go near [D] that hill,
don't be hanging around old Catfish [A] John.
[D] Come the [G] morning I'll always be [D] there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
He was [C#] poor and [G] sleepy near the [D] town of Gixton,
[G] traded for [D] chestnut mac, [G] still he never [D] spoke a name.
Though his load [A] was [D] hard, and Mama said don't [G] go near [D] that hill,
don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
[D] But come the [G] morning I'll [D] always be there, walking in his [A] footsteps in the sweet delta [D] dawn.
Walking in his [A] footsteps in that sweet delta [D] dawn.
[A]
Mama said [G] don't go near [D] that hill, don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
[D] Come the morning I'll [G] always be there, [D]
walking in his footsteps in the [G] sweet [D] delta dawn.
[G] Let me dream of [D] another morning [G] and a time long [D] ago,
[G] when the sweet [D] magnolia blossomed and cotton [A] fields [D] quietly swung.
[G] Catfish John was a [D] river who [G] lived and died on the [D] river's bend,
[G] looking back I [D] can't remember.
I was glad [A] to [D] be his, but Mama said [G] don't go near [D] that hill,
don't be hanging around old Catfish [A] John.
[D] Come the [G] morning I'll always be [D] there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
He was [C#] poor and [G] sleepy near the [D] town of Gixton,
[G] traded for [D] chestnut mac, [G] still he never [D] spoke a name.
Though his load [A] was [D] hard, and Mama said don't [G] go near [D] that hill,
don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
[D] But come the [G] morning I'll [D] always be there, walking in his [A] footsteps in the sweet delta [D] dawn.
Walking in his [A] footsteps in that sweet delta [D] dawn.
[A]
Key:
D
G
A
C#
D
G
A
C#
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Mama said [G] don't go near [D] that hill, _ don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John. _
[D] Come the morning I'll [G] always be there, [D]
walking in his footsteps in the [G] sweet [D] delta dawn. _
[G] Let me dream of [D] another morning _ [G] and a time _ long [D] ago, _
[G] when the sweet [D] magnolia blossomed and cotton _ [A] fields [D] quietly swung. _
[G] Catfish John was a [D] river who _ [G] lived and died on the [D] river's bend, _
[G] looking back I [D] can't remember. _
I was glad [A] to [D] be his, _ but Mama said [G] don't go near [D] that hill,
don't be hanging around old Catfish [A] John. _
[D] Come the [G] morning I'll always be [D] there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
He was [C#] poor and [G] sleepy near the [D] town of Gixton, _
[G] traded for _ [D] chestnut mac, _ [G] still he never _ [D] spoke a name.
Though his load [A] was [D] hard, _ and Mama said don't [G] go near [D] that hill, _
don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
[D] But come the [G] morning I'll [D] always be there, walking in his [A] footsteps in the sweet delta [D] dawn.
Walking in his [A] footsteps in that sweet delta [D] dawn.
_ [A] _
Mama said [G] don't go near [D] that hill, _ don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John. _
[D] Come the morning I'll [G] always be there, [D]
walking in his footsteps in the [G] sweet [D] delta dawn. _
[G] Let me dream of [D] another morning _ [G] and a time _ long [D] ago, _
[G] when the sweet [D] magnolia blossomed and cotton _ [A] fields [D] quietly swung. _
[G] Catfish John was a [D] river who _ [G] lived and died on the [D] river's bend, _
[G] looking back I [D] can't remember. _
I was glad [A] to [D] be his, _ but Mama said [G] don't go near [D] that hill,
don't be hanging around old Catfish [A] John. _
[D] Come the [G] morning I'll always be [D] there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
He was [C#] poor and [G] sleepy near the [D] town of Gixton, _
[G] traded for _ [D] chestnut mac, _ [G] still he never _ [D] spoke a name.
Though his load [A] was [D] hard, _ and Mama said don't [G] go near [D] that hill, _
don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
[D] But come the [G] morning I'll [D] always be there, walking in his [A] footsteps in the sweet delta [D] dawn.
Walking in his [A] footsteps in that sweet delta [D] dawn.
_ [A] _