Tom: C#m
E
(Riff on the E chord while Katz and Sweeney come in with Piano and Lead)
[Verse 1]
G#m A
Gonna hop a freight train and take it on down
E B A
Take along my best suit of clothes
E G#m A
Get on down to some Ohio River town
B A E
Sail on down to Cabo
[Verse 2]
G#m A
Mississippi Steamboat I'm headed your way
E B A
Gonna walk your plank on the shore
E G#m A
Sit myself down by the nearest deck of cards
B A
On a lordy river of gold
[Transition Jam/Runthrough]
E F#m
G#m A
B A
[Verse 3]
E G# A
Sittin' in the back room with my grandpa
E B A
When I was only a boy
E G#m A
He's tellin' stories and playin' cards 'til dawn
B A E A
Ol' Mississippi Steamboat
[Verse 4]
E G#m A
Took me two years just to save enough
E B A
To bankroll my big chance
E G#m A
Hopin' by the time that I reach New Orleans
B A E
That I'll be a wealthy man
F#m G#m A
Live while I can, yeah
[Transition 2]
B A
E C#m
B A
F#m
[Verse 5]
E G#m A
I sat down, I got settled for the game
E B A
Watched the other's cold stare
E G#m A
My first night on the River Queen
B A E A
And all I could find was a pair
E G#m A
Woke up the next day half way broke
E B A
I took a stop in Tennessee
E G#m A
Down on Beale Street I had the blues
B A
But a Memphis girl was good to me
E F#m
G#m A
B A
E
[Katz jumps in with a saucy piano melody]
G# A
E
B A
E
G#m A
B A
E A
E
G#m A
E
B A
E
G#m A
B A
E F#m
G#m A
B A
E
[Sweeney comes in right before the A for some spicy lead]
A
E
B A
E
Em A
B A
E
A
E
B A
E
A
B A
E F#m
G#m A
B A
E C#m
B A
F#m
E
[Bring it on home Verse 6]
G#m A
Sit down again the following night
E B A
Suited up and ready to play
E G# A
Hopin' that the cards would be on my side
B A E A
I had only one more day
E G#m A
Took a while, but I evened it up
E B A
Lady Lucky was holdin' my hand
E G#m A
And you know boy, by the time the sun came up,
B A E
I was a wealthy man
F#m G#m A
Live while I can, yeah
B A
E C#m
B A
F#m
E
