Tom: C
C F
Mama said don't go near that river
C G7
Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
C F
But come the morning I'd always be there
C G7 C
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn
[Verse]
F C
Let me dream of another morning
F C
And a time so long ago
F C
When the sweet magnolias blossomed
G7 C
And the cotton fields....were white as snow
[Verse]
F C
Catfish John was a river hobo
F C
He lived and died on the river bend
F C
Thinking back I still remember
G7 C
I was proud....to be his friend
[Chorus]
C F
Mama said don't go near that river
C G7
Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
C F
But come the morning I'd always be there
C G7 C
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn
[Verse]
F C
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
F C
Traded for a chestnut mare
F C
Still he never spoke a word in anger
G7 C
Though his load....was hard to bear
[Chorus]
C F
Mama said don't go near that river
C G7
Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
C F
But come the morning I'd always be there
C G7 C
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn
[Outro]
F
Come the morning I'd always be there
C G7 C
Walking in his footsteps in sweet delta dawn
