Grateful Dead — Catfish John

Intro: 
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E|--5---------------2--|-5----------------2--| (repeat) 
 
Chorus: 
 A                  D
Mama said don't go near that river  
 A                                   E
Don't be hanging around old Catfish John 
 A                        D
But come the morning I'd always be there 
 A                               E           A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn 
 
Verse 1:
         D                A
Take me back, to another moment 
      D             A
To a time, so long ago 
          D                A
When the sweet, magnolias blossomed  
            A      E               A
The cotton fields,  were white as snow 
 
Verse 2: 
         D                A         
Catfish John was a river hobo 
              D                   A         
He lived and died, by the rivers bend 
         D               A         
Looking back, I still remember 
       A      E           A
I was proud,   to be his friend 
 
Solo: (verse chords) 
 
Verse 3: 
        D                    A         
Born a slave, in the town of Vicksburg  
        D               A
Traded for, a chestnut mare 
         D               A    
Lord he never, spoke in anger 
            A     E             A
Though his load,   was hard to bare 
 
Chorus: 
 A                  D
Mama said don't go near that river  
 A                                   E
Don't be hanging around old Catfish John 
 A                        D
But come the morning I'd always be there 
 A                               E           A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn 
 A                               E           A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn