Catfish John

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Mama said don't go near that river
Don't go hangin' around old catfish 
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John
          A            D        A
Come the morning I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in the 
  E          A
sweet delta dawn.

A       D                A
Let me dream of another morning
      D            A
Of a time so long ago
          D               A
When the sweet magnolias blossomed
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         E                   A
Cotton fields were white as snow.

A        D                A
Catfish John was a river hobo
         D               A
And he lived around the bend
          D              A
Thinkin' back I still remember
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I was proud to call him friend.

[Repeat Chorus]
A       D                
Born a slave in the town of 
     A
Vicksburg
        D              A
Traded for a chestnut mare
           D             A
Still he never spoke in anger
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Though his load was hard to bear.

[Repeat Chorus]
A                             
Walking in his footsteps in the 
    E          A
sweet delta dawn.