Catfish John chords by Alison Krauss

Chords with lyrics

Version of "Catfish John" by Alison Krauss and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmhRk11IHfk

Intro:
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
D  A7A7 D MajorD  D MajorD

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G
 Mama said don't go near that river
D MajorD                   A7A7
 Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
D MajorD             G+G
 But come the morning I'd always be there
D MajorD                A7A7     D MajorD
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

Verse 1:
    G+G          D MajorD
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
    G+G       D MajorD
Traded for a chestnut mare
     G+G        D MajorD
He never spoke a word in anger
        A7A7      D MajorD
Though his load was hard to bare

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G
 Mama said don't go near that river
D MajorD                   A7A7
 Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
D MajorD             G+G
 But come the morning I'd always be there
D MajorD                A7A7     D MajorD
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

Instrumental:
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
D  A7A7 D MajorD  D MajorD

Verse 2:
    G+G        D MajorD
Catfish John was a river hobo
       G+G         D MajorD
He lived and died on the river bend
    G+G       D MajorD
Looking back I still remember
      A7A7     D MajorD
I was proud to be his friend

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G
 Mama said don't go near that river
D MajorD                   A7A7
 Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
D MajorD             G+G
 But come the morning I'd always be there
D MajorD                A7A7     D MajorD
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

Instrumental:
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
D  A7A7 D MajorD  D MajorD

Verse 3:
    G+G        D MajorD
Let me dream of another morning
   G+G       D MajorD
And a time so long ago
     G+G        D MajorD
When the sweet magnolias blossomed
           A7A7       D MajorD
And the cotton fields were white as snow

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G
 Mama said don't go near that river
D MajorD                   A7A7
 Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
D MajorD             G+G
 But come the morning I'd always be there
D MajorD                A7A7     D MajorD
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

Outro:
D MajorD             G+G
 But come the morning I'd always be there
D MajorD                A7A7     D MajorD
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn