Chords for The First Showboat
Tempo:
110.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[E] [D]
[A] [D]
[E] [D]
[A] Yeah, a mile around the bend down in the Ohio, [G] coming up the river [D] for the Sunday show.
[A] There's a tuba and a banjo and a steam calliope, [G] sittin' on the deck of the big [D]
battery.
[A] What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [A] showboat.
Yeah, well, Papa took the kids, Mama took the [G] lunch, the gents took the [D] bells, and the whiskey took the drums.
[A] But the biggest thrill of all had to [G] be way up [D] front playing Steve Goliath free.
[A] What a pretty mustard band
[E] [D] [A]
[D] playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat.
[D]
[A]
[E] [A]
Yeah, there's magic in the air, riddle in the [G] rhyme, slow and easy [D] in the [A] [D] summertime.
[A] And who'd have ever thought it could come to be [G] with Jim Crow's time [D] where the eagle autumn green.
[A] What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E]
hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
[D]
[A]
[E] [A]
What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A]
showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks,
[A] [D]
[E] hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[B]
Mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat.
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [A] What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the [A] first showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the [A] first showboat.
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [A] [D]
[A]
[E]
[C#m] [A]
[E] [D]
[A] [D]
[E] [D]
[A] Yeah, a mile around the bend down in the Ohio, [G] coming up the river [D] for the Sunday show.
[A] There's a tuba and a banjo and a steam calliope, [G] sittin' on the deck of the big [D]
battery.
[A] What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [A] showboat.
Yeah, well, Papa took the kids, Mama took the [G] lunch, the gents took the [D] bells, and the whiskey took the drums.
[A] But the biggest thrill of all had to [G] be way up [D] front playing Steve Goliath free.
[A] What a pretty mustard band
[E] [D] [A]
[D] playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat.
[D]
[A]
[E] [A]
Yeah, there's magic in the air, riddle in the [G] rhyme, slow and easy [D] in the [A] [D] summertime.
[A] And who'd have ever thought it could come to be [G] with Jim Crow's time [D] where the eagle autumn green.
[A] What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E]
hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
[D]
[A]
[E] [A]
What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A]
showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks,
[A] [D]
[E] hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[B]
Mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat.
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [A] What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the [A] first showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the [A] first showboat.
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [A] [D]
[A]
[E]
[C#m] [A]
Key:
D
A
E
G
B
D
A
E
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ Yeah, a mile around the bend down in the Ohio, _ [G] coming up the river [D] for the Sunday show. _
[A] There's a tuba and a banjo and a steam calliope, _ [G] sittin' on the deck of the big [D]
battery.
_ [A] What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ showboat. _
Yeah, well, Papa took the kids, Mama took the [G] lunch, the gents took the [D] bells, and the whiskey took the drums.
_ [A] But the biggest thrill of all had to [G] be way up [D] front playing Steve Goliath free.
[A] What a pretty mustard band _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] _ showboat. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ Yeah, there's magic in the air, riddle in the [G] rhyme, slow and easy [D] in the _ [A] _ [D] summertime. _ _
_ _ [A] And who'd have ever _ thought it could come to be [G] with Jim Crow's time [D] where the eagle autumn green.
_ [A] What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E]
hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A]
showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] _ hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat. _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [A] _ What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the [A] first showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the [A] first showboat. _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ Yeah, a mile around the bend down in the Ohio, _ [G] coming up the river [D] for the Sunday show. _
[A] There's a tuba and a banjo and a steam calliope, _ [G] sittin' on the deck of the big [D]
battery.
_ [A] What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ showboat. _
Yeah, well, Papa took the kids, Mama took the [G] lunch, the gents took the [D] bells, and the whiskey took the drums.
_ [A] But the biggest thrill of all had to [G] be way up [D] front playing Steve Goliath free.
[A] What a pretty mustard band _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] _ showboat. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ Yeah, there's magic in the air, riddle in the [G] rhyme, slow and easy [D] in the _ [A] _ [D] summertime. _ _
_ _ [A] And who'd have ever _ thought it could come to be [G] with Jim Crow's time [D] where the eagle autumn green.
_ [A] What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E]
hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A]
showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Mustard band [D] playing Dixie for the folks, [E] hoppin' down the river [D] on the first [A] showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the folks, [E] _ hoppin' down the [D] river on the first [A] showboat. _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [A] _ What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the [A] first showboat.
What a pretty mustard [D] band playing Dixie for the [E] folks, hoppin' down the [D] river on the [A] first showboat. _ _ _
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