Chords with lyrics
Verse:
D MajorD
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans
D MajorD DmDm
He got killed in a poker game downtown
G+G
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans
D MajorD
Some dirty Cajun gambler shot him down
A augmentedA
Daddy took the steamboat
A augmentedA
Didn't take me along
A augmentedA D MajorD
Now all I do is cry all day long
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I'm gonna ride that steamboat
G+G D MajorD
Take my gun along
D MajorD
I'll get that man that done my daddy wrong (oh, yeah)
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Get that man that done my daddy wrong
Verse:
D MajorD
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans
D MajorD DmDm
Pretty good with a deck of cards
G+G
Said he'd get rich in New Orleans
D MajorD
Where the games are fast and the cash is cold and hard
A augmentedA
You can't make no money
A augmentedA
when the deck of cards are stacked
A augmentedA D MajorD
Steamboat never brought my daddy back
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I'm gonna ride that steamboat
G+G D MajorD
Take my gun along
D MajorD
I'll get that man that done my daddy wrong (oh, yeah)
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Get that man that done my daddy wrong
Verse:
D MajorD
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans
D MajorD DmDm
I know he wanted that money for his kids
G+G
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans
D MajorD
Now mama won't forgive him for what he did
A augmentedA
Daddy took that steamboat
A augmentedA
Didn't take me along
A augmentedA D MajorD
Now all I do is cry all day long
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I'm gonna ride that steamboat
G+G D MajorD
Take my gun along
D MajorD
I'll get that man that done my daddy wrong (oh, yeah)
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Get that man that done my daddy wrong
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD