Catfish John Chords - Grateful Dead

Intro

A A

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{tab: A|--------3-4~--3p2-0--- | ------3-4~---3p2-0--- | }

{tab: E|---5---------------2-- | -5----------------2-- | (repeat)}

Chorus

A D Mama said don't go near that river A E Don't be hanging around old Catfish John A D But come the morning I'd always be there A E A Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

Verse 1

D A Take me back, to another moment D A To a time, so long ago D A When the sweet, magnolias blossomed A E A The cotton fields, were white as snow

Verse 2

D A Catfish John was a river hobo D A He lived and died, by the rivers bend D A Looking back, I still remember A E A I was proud, to be his friend

Solo

(verse chords)

Verse 3

D A Born a slave, in the town of Vicksburg D A Traded for, a chestnut mare D A Lord he never, spoke in anger A E A Though his load, was hard to bare

Chorus

A D Mama said don't go near that river A E Don't be hanging around old Catfish John A D But come the morning I'd always be there A E A Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn A E A Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn