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--
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--
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Mama said don't go
G
near that river
D
Don't be hangin' around old catfish
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John
D
Come the morning I'd
G
always be there
D
Walking in his footsteps in the
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sweet delta
D
dawn
Born a
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slave in the town of
D
Vicksburg Traded
G
for a chestnut
D
mare
He never
G
spoke got good in
D
anger Though his
D
load was
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hard to
D
bear
D
Mama said don't go
G
near that river
D
Don't be hangin' around old catfish
A7
John
D
Come the morning I'd
G
always be there
D
Walking in his footsteps in the
A7
sweet delta
D
dawn
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----
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----
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----
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----
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----
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----
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--
A7
--
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----
Catfish
G
John was a river
D
hobo Lived and
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died on the river
D
bend
Lookin'
G
back I still
D
remember I was
D
glad to
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be his
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friend
D
Mama said don't go
G
near that river
D
Don't be hangin' around old catfish
A7
John
D
Come the morning I'd
G
always be there
D
Walking in his footsteps in the
A7
sweet delta
D
dawn
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----
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----
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----
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----
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----
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----
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--
A7
--
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----
Let me
G
dream of another
D
morning And the
G
time so long
D
ago
Where the
G
sweet magnolias
D
blossom in the Cotton
D
fields as
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white as
D
snow
D
Mama said don't go
G
near that river
D
Don't be hangin' around old catfish
A7
John
D
Come the morning I'd
G
always be there
D
Walking in his footsteps in the
A7
sweet delta
D
dawn
D
Come the morning I'd
G
always be there
D
Walking in his footsteps in the
A7
sweet delta
D
dawn