Catfish John / Alison Krauss & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Studio recording + Live )Mix edition Chords

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_ _ Mama said don't [G] go near that [D] river Don't be hanging round [A] old Catfish John
[D] _ Come the [G] morning I'd always be [D] there Walking in his footsteps [A] in sweet [D] Delta Dawn
Born [G] 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 [G] said don't go near that river [D] _ Don't be hanging round old [A] Catfish John
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the morning I'd [G] always [D] be there Walking in his footsteps in [A] sweet [D] Delta Dawn
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[G] Catfish John was a river [D] _ hobo He lived [G] and died on the river [D] 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 round old [A] Catfish John
_ _ [D] Come the morning [G] I'd always be there [D] Walking in his footsteps [A] in sweet [D] Delta Dawn
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[D] _ _ _ [G] me dream of another [D] morning And a time so long ago
_ [G] When the _ sweet [D] 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 round old [A] Catfish John
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Come the morning [G] I'd always be [D] there Walking in his footsteps in sweet Delta Dawn _ _
_ Come the [G] morning I'd always be [D] there Walking in his footsteps in [A] sweet Delta [D] Dawn
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