Intro
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D
Mama
said don't go
G
near
that river
D
Don't
be hangin' around old Catfish
A
John
D
Come
the morning I'd
G
always
be there
D
Walking
in his footsteps in
A
sweet
delta
D
dawn
Take me
G
back
to another
D
morning,
to a
G
time
so long
D
ago,
Where the
G
sweet
magnolia
D
blossomed,
cotton
D
fields
A
as white as
D
snow.
D
Mama
said don't go
G
near
that river
D
Don't
be hangin' around old Catfish
A
John
D
Come
the morning I'd
G
always
be there
D
Walking
in his footsteps in
A
sweet
delta
D
dawn
Catfish
G
John
was a river
D
hobo
lived and
G
died
by the river's
D
bend,
Looking
G
back
I still
D
remember
I was
D
proud
A
to be his
D
friend
D
Mama
said don't go
G
near
that river
D
Don't
be hangin' around old Catfish
A
John
D
Come
the morning I'd
G
always
be there
D
Walking
in his footsteps in
A
sweet
delta
D
dawn
(solos on verse)
Born a
G
slave
in the town of
D
Vicksburg,
traded
G
for
a chestnut
D
mare,
Lord he
G
never
spoke in
D
anger
though his
D
load
A
was hard to
D
bear.
D
Mama
said don't go
G
near
that river
D
Don't
be hangin' around old Catfish
A
John
D
Come
the morning I'd
G
always
be there
D
Walking
in his footsteps in
A
sweet
delta
D
dawn
(solos on verse)
(chorus)
D
Walking
in his footsteps in
A
sweet
delta
D
dawn