Key: A
Introduction:
A D
Mama said don't go near that river
A E
Don't be hanging round old Catfish John
A D
Come the morning I'd always be there
A E A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
D A
Take me back to another morning
D A
To a time so long ago
D A
Where the sweet magnolia blossomed
A E A
Cotton fields were white as snow
Catfish John was a river hobo