Catfish Blues Chords by Skip James

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I would rub them _ _ [G] [Am] in a [A] little [D] cat
_ So I could [Dm] swim way down _ _ [D] in the sea _ _
I [Dm] would have _ somebody, _
_ [C] [D] somebody
_ _ Set my hook for me, set my [A] hook in the [D] world
_ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ You know I went _ _ _ _ and did
She _ [C] told me to set [Dm] her _ _ _ [Bm] on the [D] stand
So you could [Dm] come right on in
[D] Because my _ _ husband just now left
Just [A] now left, [F] [D] just now
[A] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ _
And [Gm] I [Am] _ _ [D] lost my beat
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Let me set her _ _ [D] side of the _ bay
Turn [Dm] on your heater _ [D] baby
Till it turns cherry, _ _ cherry, [A] _ _ [D] cherry _
_ That's _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [A] [D] when I rub her [C] in a [D] little cat
So I could swim [Dm] way _ down _ in [Bm] the [D] sea
_ I would [Dm] have me that somebody [D] when
_ Said not a life for me, said not a [A] life for [D] me
I hope [C] _ [F] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you know I went _ _ _ _ [E] [D] to church
[A] And he [Dm] called on _ [D] me to pray _ _ _
I got [Dm] down on my knees but _ [D] I didn't have a word to say
Not a [A] word to say, [D] word to say _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] [A] That's [D] when I rub her [Am] in a little [D] cat
So I could [Dm] swim way _ down _ in [Bm] the [D] sea _
I [C] would [Dm] have somebody, somebody
[D] _ _ _ _ Said not a life for me, said not a [A] life for me
[Dm] I _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
don't wanna _ [F#] _ [G] [Am] be no [D] cat
And _ _ _ _ [G] [Dm] I don't want to be _ [D] no bullfrog _
_ [A] And [Dm] if I can't be [D] dear cat
_ _ I won't swim at all, I won't [F#m] swim at all
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] That's when I [D] rub her _
[G] [Am] in a little [D] cat
_ So I could [Dm] swim way down _ [G] in the [D] sea _
I would have this [Dm] good looking [D] man
Said not a life for me, said not [F] a life for me
[D] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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