Mark Twain

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[Verse]
My granddad used to tell me, "Boy, 
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when I was just your age
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I was a river pilot on a showboat 
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called The Stage
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I'd hobnob with them southern 
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belles and every roustabout
I'd listen to them paddle wheels and
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 hear the leadsman shout"

[Chorus]
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Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) it's two 
fathoms deep below
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Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) heave the 
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gangplank, start the show
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Mark Twain, play those banjos as 
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we go
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Down the Mississippi, 'round the 
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Gulf of Mexico

[Verse]
There were gamblers, crooks and 
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fakers and a minstrel man who'd 
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dance
A singin' gal, Simone Lamour, 
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imported straight from France
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It was a floatin' palace, boy, that
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 showboat called The Stage
And granddad was the king of it, 
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when he was just my age

[Chorus]
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Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) it's two 
fathoms deep below
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Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) heave the 
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gangplank, start the show
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Mark Twain, play those banjos as 
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we go
Bm             F#m               
Down the Mississippi, 'round the 
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Gulf of Mexico

[Instrumental
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[Verse]
The calliope is quiet now, the 
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rudder's thick with rust
The main deck and the paddlewheels 
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are covered high with dust
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But granddad's in his glory, still 
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standin' on the bow
A halo 'round his pilot's cap and 
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I can hear him now

[Chorus]
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Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) it's two 
fathoms deep below
     Em           A                
Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) heave the 
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gangplank, start the show
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Mark Twain, play those banjos as 
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we go
Bm             F#m               
Down the Mississippi, 'round the 
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Gulf of Mexico

[Chorus]
     D
Mark Twain, it's two fathoms deep 
below
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Mark Twain, heave the gangplank, 
start the show
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Mark Twain, play those banjos as 
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we go
Bm             F#m               
Down the Mississippi, 'round the 
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Gulf of Mexico