D Catfish John, Alison Kraus - - - - - [CHORUS] - - - - [A] Mama said don't go [D] near that river. [A] Don't be hanging around old Catfish [E7] John. [A] But come the morning I'd [D] always be there, [A] walking in his footsteps in the [E7] sweet delta [A] dawn [Verse 1] - - - - Born a [D] slave, in the town of [A] Vicksburg; Traded [D] for, a chestnut [A] mare. Lord he [D] never, spoke a word in [A] anger, though his [A] load, [E7] was hard to [A] bear - - - - - [CHORUS] - - - - [Verse 2] - - - - Catfish [D] John was a river [A] hobo. He lived and [D] died, by the rivers [A] bend. Looking [D] back, I still [A] remember, I was [A] proud, [E7] to be his [A] friend - - - - - [CHORUS] - - - - [A] Mama said don't go [D] near that river. [A] Don't be hanging around old Catfish [E7] John. [A] But come the morning I'd [D] always be there, [A] walking in his footsteps in the [E7] sweet delta [A] dawn [Verse 3] - - - - Take me [D] back, to another [A] moment. To a [D] time, so long [A] ago. When the [D] sweet, magnolias [A] blossomed, the cotton [A] fields, [E7] were white as [A] snow - - - - - [CHORUS] - - - - [ WRAP ] - - - - - Catfish [D] John was a river [A] hobo. He lived and [D] died, by the rivers [A] bend. Looking [D] back, I still [A] remember, I was [A] proud, [E7] to be his [A] friend.
