Key: A
Introduction:
D A
Blind man on an old upright piano
D A
Lady in red on a banjolin
Bm F#m
Playing songs like Oh Suzanna
G E
And getting slower with each gin
A F#m
I'll catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D A E
Make it home with time to kill
F#m A
If the Mississippi River don't carry me to you
D E A
I know that the Tennessee will
D A
Well, I never did believe in Memphis
D A
It really never was the end of the line, yeah
Bm F#m
So I'm going back home to Alabama, mm yeah
G E
Oh, where my heart's been all the time
D C#m
And I know it shouldn't be easy
Bm E
But it's hard for me to say goodbye baby, so I'll
A F#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D A E
And make it home with time to kill
F#m A
If the Mississippi River don't carry me to you
D E Bm
I know that the Tennessee will
F#m G E
Oh oh
D C#m
And I know it shouldn't be easy
Bm E
But it's hard for me to say goodbye oh, baby, so I'll
A F#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D A E
And make it home with time to kill
F#m A
If the Mississippi River don't carry me to you
D E A
I know that the Tennessee will
F#m
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
D A E
Take me home with time to kill
F#m A
If the Mississippi River don't carry me to you
D E A
I know that the Tennessee will
F#m
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
D E A
Oh now, carry me home to my baby
F#m
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
D E A
Ohhh, take a ride, yeah
F#m
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
D E A
Oh baby now, I can get right home to you baby
F#m
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
D E A
Take me home, take me back to my baby
F#m
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
D E A
Carry me home, carry me home to my baby
F#m
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
D E A
I wanna go home to my baby, I wanna go home to my baby
F#m
Take a ride on a steamboat baby
D E A
Oh yeah, carry me home to my baby