Tom: D
D G D
Momma said don't go near that river
A
Don't be hanging round ole Catfish John
D G D
But come the morning I'd always be there
A D
Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn
[Verse]
G D
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
G A
Traded for a chestnut mare
G D
But he never spoke in anger
A D
Though his load was hard to bear
[Chorus]
D G D
Momma said don't go near that river
A
Don't be hanging round ole Catfish John
D G D
But come the morning I'd always be there
A D
Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn
[Verse 2]
G D
Let me dream of another morning
G A
Of a time so long ago
G D
Where the sweet magnolias blossom
A
And the cotton fields were white as snow
