Chords for Catfish John
Tempo:
107.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Dm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
Mama said, don't [C] go near that [G] well, don't be hanging round old [D] Catfish John.
[G] [Dm] Come the morning [C] I'll always [G] be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
[C] Let me dream of [G] another morning [C] and a time so [G] long ago, [C] when the sweet [G] magnolias blossomed.
Cotton fields [D] were white [G] as snow, [C] Catfish John was a [G] river hobo.
Lived and died where the river bends, [C] searching back I still [G] remember, I was proud [D] to be [G] his friend.
Mama said, don't go near that river, don't be hanging round old Catfish John.
Come [Dm] the morning I'll [C] always [G] be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
[C]
[G]
[E] [G]
[C] Born a slave in the [G] town of Vicksburg, traded for a chestnut mare.
[C] Sterling Ness [G] spoke in anger, though his load was hard to bear.
Mama [Gm] said, [C] don't go near that river, [G] don't be hanging round old [D] Catfish John.
[G] Come the [C] morning I'll [G] always be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
[N]
[D] [G]
Mama said, don't [C] go near that [G] well, don't be hanging round old [D] Catfish John.
[G] [Dm] Come the morning [C] I'll always [G] be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
[C] Let me dream of [G] another morning [C] and a time so [G] long ago, [C] when the sweet [G] magnolias blossomed.
Cotton fields [D] were white [G] as snow, [C] Catfish John was a [G] river hobo.
Lived and died where the river bends, [C] searching back I still [G] remember, I was proud [D] to be [G] his friend.
Mama said, don't go near that river, don't be hanging round old Catfish John.
Come [Dm] the morning I'll [C] always [G] be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
[C]
[G]
[E] [G]
[C] Born a slave in the [G] town of Vicksburg, traded for a chestnut mare.
[C] Sterling Ness [G] spoke in anger, though his load was hard to bear.
Mama [Gm] said, [C] don't go near that river, [G] don't be hanging round old [D] Catfish John.
[G] Come the [C] morning I'll [G] always be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
[N]
Key:
G
C
D
Dm
E
G
C
D
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mama said, don't [C] go near that [G] well, _ don't be hanging round old [D] Catfish John. _ _
[G] _ [Dm] Come the morning [C] I'll always [G] be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
_ [C] Let me dream of [G] another morning _ [C] and a time so [G] long ago, _ [C] when the sweet [G] magnolias blossomed.
_ Cotton fields [D] were white [G] as snow, _ [C] Catfish John was a [G] river hobo.
_ Lived and died where the river bends, [C] searching back I still [G] remember, _ _ I was proud [D] to be [G] his friend.
_ _ Mama said, don't go near that river, _ don't be hanging round old Catfish John.
Come _ [Dm] the morning I'll [C] always [G] be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] Born a slave in the [G] town of Vicksburg, traded for a chestnut mare.
_ [C] Sterling _ Ness [G] spoke in anger, though his load was hard to bear.
_ _ Mama [Gm] said, [C] don't go near that river, [G] _ don't be hanging round old [D] Catfish John.
_ _ [G] _ Come the [C] morning I'll [G] always be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
_ _ Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mama said, don't [C] go near that [G] well, _ don't be hanging round old [D] Catfish John. _ _
[G] _ [Dm] Come the morning [C] I'll always [G] be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
_ [C] Let me dream of [G] another morning _ [C] and a time so [G] long ago, _ [C] when the sweet [G] magnolias blossomed.
_ Cotton fields [D] were white [G] as snow, _ [C] Catfish John was a [G] river hobo.
_ Lived and died where the river bends, [C] searching back I still [G] remember, _ _ I was proud [D] to be [G] his friend.
_ _ Mama said, don't go near that river, _ don't be hanging round old Catfish John.
Come _ [Dm] the morning I'll [C] always [G] be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] Born a slave in the [G] town of Vicksburg, traded for a chestnut mare.
_ [C] Sterling _ Ness [G] spoke in anger, though his load was hard to bear.
_ _ Mama [Gm] said, [C] don't go near that river, [G] _ don't be hanging round old [D] Catfish John.
_ _ [G] _ Come the [C] morning I'll [G] always be there, walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
_ _ Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _