Intro: G | D | G | D | G | D | A | D
D G
Mama said don't go near that river
D A
Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
D G
But come the morning I'd always be there
D A D
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.
G D
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
G D
Traded for a chestnut mare
G D
He never spoke a word in anger
A D
Though his load was hard to bear.
D G
Mama said don't go near that river
D A
Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
D G
But come the morning I'd always be there
D A D
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.
Guitar & fiddle solos: G | D | G | D | G | D | A | D
D G D
Catfish John was a river hobo
G D
He lived and died on the river bend
G D
Thinkin' back I still remember
A D
I was proud to be his friend.
D G
Mama said don't go near that river
D A
Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
D G
But come the morning I'd always be there
D A D
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.
Banjo and mandolin solos: G | D | G | D | G | D | A | D
D G D
Let me dream of another morning
G D
And a time so long ago
G D
When the sweet magnolias blossomed
A D
And the cotton fields were white as snow.
D G
Mama said don't go near that river
D A
Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
D G
But come the morning I'd always be there
D A D
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.
D G
Come the morning I'd always be there
D A D
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn.
