Catfish John Chords by Old & In The Way

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Mama [C] said don't go near that river, [G] don't be hanging around [D] old Catfish John.
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Come [C] the morning I'll always be there, [G]
walking in his footsteps [D] in the [G] sweet downtown. _
Take [C] me back to the [G] nothing more beautiful _ [C] town.
So [G] long ago where [C] the sweet _ [G] magnolia blossomed, by the fields where once _ _ [C] Catfish John was [G] river _ _ [C] living by.
[G] By the rivers and the oaks where the [C] river was _ still [G] river. _
I was proud to be his friend. _
_ Mama said [C] don't go near that river, [G] _ don't be hanging around old [D] Catfish John.
_ [G] Come [Em] the morning [C]
I'll always be [G] there, walking in his [C] footsteps [D] in the sweet [G] downtown.
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[C] Born a slave _ [G] in a town called _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] Chestnutland, _ [C] going _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
old school on the ground. _
_ Mama [C] said don't go near that river, [G] _ don't be hanging [C] around old [D] Catfish John.
_ _ [G] _ Come the [A] morning [C] I'll always be [G] there, walking in his footsteps in the [D] sweet [G] downtown.
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_ _ Mama said [C] don't go near that river, [G] _ don't be hanging [Cm] around old [D] Catfish John.
_ [G] Come the [C] morning I'll always be [G] there, walking in his [C] footsteps [D] in the sweet [G] downtown.
_ _ _ Walking in his [D] footsteps in the sweet [G] downtown. _ _ _ _
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