Catfish John

C F Mama said don't go near that river C G7 Don't be hanging around old Catfish John C F But come the morning I'd always be there C G7 C Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn F C Let me dream of another morning F C And a time so long ago F C When the sweet magnolias blossomed G7 C And the cotton fields....were white as snow F C Catfish John was a river hobo F C He lived and died on the river bend F C Thinking back I still remember G7 C I was proud....to be his friend C F Mama said don't go near that river C G7 Don't be hanging around old Catfish John C F But come the morning I'd always be there C G7 C Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn F C Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg F C Traded for a chestnut mare F C Still he never spoke a word in anger G7 C Though his load....was hard to bear C F Mama said don't go near that river C G7 Don't be hanging around old Catfish John C F But come the morning I'd always be there C G7 C Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn F Come the morning I'd always be there C G7 C Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn