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Catfish John - Johnny Russell

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

Verse 1:
Born a [G] slave in the town of [D] Vicksburg
Traded [G] for a chestnut [D] mare
Still he [G] never spoke in [D] anger,
Though his [D] load was [A] hard to [D] bear

[Chorus]

Verse 2:
Catfish [G] John was a river [D] hobo
He lived [G] and died on the [D] river bend
Thinking [G] back I still [D] remember
I was [D] proud to [A] be his [D] friend.

Verse 3:
Let me [G] dream of another [D] morning
and a [G] time so long [D] ago
When the [G] sweet magnolias [D] blossomed
and the [D] cotton fields [A] were white [D] as snow

[Chorus]

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