Chords
Catfish John

Key: D

Introduction:  G   D   G   D   G   D   A   D  

difficulty
very easy |||||
                                                     D&  E 
pattern that's used a lot in these songs, you'll need a capo on fret
           A     D     G 
Permission granted to Countrytabs and Cowboylyrics to host.
 D                                   G 
Mama said don't go near that river
 D                                                                     A 
Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
 D                                               G 
But come the morning I'd always be there
 D                                                     A                     D 
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.
               G                                       D 
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
               G                           D 
Traded for a chestnut mare
       G                                         D 
He never spoke a word in anger
                           A                           D 
Though his load was hard to bear.
 D                                   G 
Mama said don't go near that river
 D                                                                     A 
Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
 D                                               G 
But come the morning I'd always be there
 D                                                     A                     D 
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.

 D             G                               D 
Catfish John was a river hobo
                           G                                 D 
He lived and died on the river bend
                   G                           D 
Thinkin' back I still remember
                   A                       D 
I was proud to be his friend.
 D                                   G 
Mama said don't go near that river
 D                                                                     A 
Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
 D                                               G 
But come the morning I'd always be there
 D                                                     A                     D 
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.

 D           G                               D 
Let me dream of another morning
             G                         D 
And a time so long ago
                   G                             D 
When the sweet magnolias blossomed
                                     A                                 D 
And the cotton fields were white as snow.
 D                                   G 
Mama said don't go near that river
 D                                                                     A 
Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
 D                                               G 
But come the morning I'd always be there
 D                                                     A                     D 
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.
 D                                       G 
Come the morning I'd always be there
 D                                                     A                     D 
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.