Krauss Alison — Catfish John

CHORUS: 
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 Mama said don't go near that river, 
                   A7                E7
 Don't be hangin' around old Catfish John; 
 A                        D      A
 But come the morning I'd always be there, 
                                 E7          A
 Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn. 
 
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 Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg,  
        D              A
 Traded for a chestnut mare; 
          D               A     
 He never spoke a word in anger,  
             - E7             A
 Though his load was hard to bear. 

CHORUS… 
 
         D                A    
 Catfish John was a river hobo.  
              D                 A
 He lived and died on the river bend. 
          D              A      
 Thinkin' back I still remember,  
         - E7           A
 I was proud to be his friend. 

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        D                A  
 Let me dream of another morning     
       D             A
 and a time so long ago; 
          D               A            
 When the sweet magnolias blossomed   
                   E7               A
 and the cotton fields were white as snow. 

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