Artist: | Alison Krauss (English) |
User: | linda.f.green1953 |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
( G ) Mama said don't go near ( C ) that river
( G ) Don't be hangin' around old ( D7 ) catfish John
( G ) But come the morning ( C ) I'd always be there
( G ) Walking in his foo ( D7 ) t steps in sweet ( G ) delta dawn.
Born ( C ) a slave in the town ( G ) of Vicksburg
Traded ( C ) for a chestnut ( G ) mare
He ( C ) never spoke a word ( G ) in anger
Though his ( D7 ) load was ( G ) hard to bear.
( G ) Mama said don't go near ( C ) that river
( G ) Don't be hangin' around old ( D7 ) catfish John
( G ) But come the morning ( C ) I'd always be there
( G ) Walking in his foo ( D7 ) t steps in sweet ( G ) delta dawn.
Catfish ( C ) John was a ( G )river hobo
He lived ( C ) died on the ( G ) river bend
Thinkin' ( C ) back I still ( G ) remember
I was ( D7 ) proud to be ( G ) his friend.
( G ) Mama said don't go near ( C ) that river
( G ) Don't be hangin' around old ( D7 ) catfish John
( G ) But come the morning ( C ) I'd always be there
( G ) Walking in his foo ( D7 ) t steps in sweet ( G ) delta dawn.
Let me ( C ) dream of another ( G ) morning
And ( C ) a time so ( G ) long ago
When ( C ) the sweet ( G ) magnolias blossomed
And the ( D7 )cotton fields were ( G ) white as snow.
( G ) Mama said don't go near ( C ) that river
( G ) Don't be hangin' around old ( D7 ) catfish John
( G ) But come the morning ( C ) I'd always be there
( G ) Walking in his foo ( D7 ) t steps in sweet ( G ) delta dawn.
( G ) Come the morning I'd ( C ) always be there
( G ) Walking in his footsteps ( D7 ) in swee ( G ) t delta dawn.