Grateful Dead – Catfish John chords

Intro:

   A                       AE|---------------------|---------------------|B|---------------------|---------------------|G|---------------------|---------------------|D|---------------------|---------------------|A|-------3-4~--3p2-0---|------3-4~---3p2-0---|E|--5---------------2--|-5----------------2--| (repeat)


Chorus:

A                  DMama said don't go near that river 
A                                   EDon't be hanging around old Catfish John
A                        DBut come the morning I'd always be there
A                               E           AWalking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn


Verse 1:

        D                ATake me back, to another moment
     D             ATo a time, so long ago
         D                AWhen the sweet, magnolias blossomed 
           A      E               AThe cotton fields,  were white as snow


Verse 2:

        D                A         Catfish John was a river hobo
             D                   A         He lived and died, by the rivers bend
        D               A         Looking back, I still remember
      A      E           AI was proud,   to be his friend



Solo:

(verse chords)



Verse 3:

       D                     A         Born a slave, in the town of Vicksburg 
       D               ATraded for, a chestnut mare
        D               A    Lord he never, spoke in anger
           A     E             AThough his load,   was hard to bare


Chorus:

A                  DMama said don't go near that river 
A                                   EDon't be hanging around old Catfish John
A                        DBut come the morning I'd always be there
A                               E           AWalking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
A                               E           AWalking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn