The Julia Belle Swain Chords by John Hartford

[D] _ _ _ This is a song about the Julia Bell Swain _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ the Julia Bell Swain is a mighty fine boat
I got a mighty fine captain too
Got a [C#] big red wheel that goes around and [D] around and a bunch of old hippies [G] for a crew
[D] Well, I can't stay here.
Well, I gotta get away.
I'm Chattanooga, Tennessee bound
I'm gonna head my banjo and put it on my [C] back when the Julia [G] Bell comes [D] _ _ _ _ down
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When the Julia Bell comes to Peoria, you know that summer's here
And up on the Illinois River, [G] that's the very best time of the [D] year
Those steamboat days in August are like a hazy, lazy dream
I wanna be at the foot of Main [C] Street when the Julia [G] Bell raises steam
[D] When the Julia Bell raises steam
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_ _ _ [N] Well, Denison, Moon, and Bob Burnett, and [D] Doc, and Lori too
[E] All one big [D] steamboat family, the Julia Bell [G] Steamboat Crew
[D] Me, I tell you, we gotta get away.
I'm Chattanooga, Tennessee bound
I'm gonna get my banjo and put it on my [G] back when the Julia Bell comes down
[D] When the Julia Bell comes down _ _ _
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_ Now, the Julia Bell Swain is a women's lib boat, the first I ever knew
We got girls in the pilot house and girls on deck and a lady [G] in the engine
[D] Now, Donna, she's got her license, and Cindy's learned to steer
And little Julie keeps Moon out of trouble [C] by [G] wandering off everywhere
By wandering [D] off everywhere
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When the Julia Bell gets in a steamboat race, she's a mighty hard boat to beat
She'll race the Belle of Louisville and [C] she'll beat [G] the Delft Queen
[D] She don't need no help to get her turned around, she'll come right around on a dime
And after the race, she heads up the river, cause the Julia Bell's still got time
Cause the Julia Bell's still got time
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, I sure do love the Tennessee River, the Ohio, and the Illinois
And I love the old Mississippi River, it's a good old [G] place for a [D] boy
Just to step on board a steamboat, ride all the way to the sea
Where else but a muddy old river, what a person [G] wanna [D] be, what a person wanna be
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I come out the river the other night, darker than the inside of a cow
Ain't nothing like a crooked old river, straighten my head [G] right [D] out
Now, I love my love, she's pretty as can be, and I love to [D] take her down
Cause pretty ladies really like [G] to ride when the Julia Bell comes [D] down
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