Catfish John Chords by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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[G] _ _ _ [D] I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ going to sing a song.
Mama said [G] don't go near that river.
[D] _ Don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
_ [D] _ Come the morning [G] I'll always be [D] there.
Walking in his footsteps in the [A] sweet [D] delta dawn.
_ [G] Born a slave in the [D] town of Pittsburgh.
[G] Traded for a [D] chestnut mare.
He [G] never spoke a [D] word in anger.
_ Though his load [A] was [D] hard to bear.
_ _ _ Mama said [G] don't go near that river.
[D] _ Don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
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Come the morning I'll [G] always be [D] there.
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
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[G] Catfish John [D] was a river hobo.
He lived [G] and died on the [D] river bend.
Looking [G] back I still [D] remember.
I was [A] proud to be [D] his friend. _ _
_ Mama said don't [G] go near that river.
[D] Don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
_ _ [D] _ Come the [G] morning I'll always be there.
[D] Walking in his footsteps [A] in the sweet [D] delta dawn.
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[D] _ _ Let [G] me dream of another [D] morning.
And a time so long ago.
_ _ [G] When the [D] _ sweet magnolia blossomed.
And the cotton _ [A] fields were [D] white as snow.
_ _ _ Mama said [G] don't go near that river.
[D] _ Don't be hanging around old [A] Catfish John.
_ [D] _
Come the morning [G] I'll always be there.
[D] Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn. _ _
_ Come the [G] morning I'll always be [D] there.
Walking in his footsteps in [A] the sweet delta [D] dawn.