Julia Belle Swain - John Hartford Cover Chords

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_ This is a song about the Julia Bell Swain.
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Well, the Julia Bell [B] Swain is a mighty fine boat, got a mighty fine captain too.
She got a big red wheel that goes around [D] and around, [E] and a bunch of old [A] hippies for a crew.
[E] Well, I can't stay here, I gotta get away, I'm Chattanooga, Tennessee [B] bound.
Gonna take my [E] badge and put it on my back when [A] the Julia Bell comes [E] down.
When the Julia Bell comes down. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ When the Julia Bell comes to Peoria, [B] you know [E] that summer's here.
[B] And up on the Illinois River, [E] it's the very best time of the year.
[B] Those steamboat days in August, like a hazy, [E] lazy dream.
I wanna [B] be at the foot of Main Street when the Julia [A] Bell raises steam.
[E] When the Julia Bell raises steam.
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Well, [B] Dennis, Moon, [E] and Bob Burnett, and Doc, and Lori too.
[B] All one big [Em] steamboat family, the Julia Bell Steamboat Crew.
[E] Well, you know me, I gotta get away, I'm Chattanooga, Tennessee bound.
Gonna take [B] my banjo, put it on my back when the [E] Julia Bell comes down.
When the Julia Bell comes down. _ _
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_ _ _ _ Well, the Julia Bell Swain is a women's lib boat, and the first I ever knew.
We got girls in the pilot house, girls on deck, and a lady in the [A] engine room.
[E] Well, Donna, she's got her license, and Cindy's learned to steer.
And [Ebm] little Julie [E] keeps Moon out of trouble by wandering off everywhere.
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_ _ When the Julia Bell gets in [Bb] a steamboat race, she's a mighty [E] hard boat to beat.
She beat the Belle of Louisville, and she beat [A] the Delta Queen.
[E] Well, she don't need help to get a turnaround, she'll come right around on a dime.
And after the race, she'll head up the river, cause the Julia Bell's still got time.
Oh, the Julia Bell's still got time.
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_ [Ab] Oh, I loves me the Tennessee River, the Ohio and the [E] Illinois.
But to be on the Mississippi River, [B] that's a good old place for a boy.
[E] Just step on board a steamboat, ride all the way to the sea.
Where else but a muddy old river [B] would a person wanna be?
[E] Would a person wanna be? _ _
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