Catfish Bill chords by
Burl Ives
Burl Ives
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Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
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G
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C
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Down in the bottom
F
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C
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land next to the river
Lives an old feller you ought to see
He looks kind of wild and he
F
F

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C
C

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looks kind of woolly
He's about as mean as he can be
F
F

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C
C

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He stood so long in that old river
G
G

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C
C

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He's got watermarks on his legs
Fm
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C
C

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He don't ask the world for nothin'
He's a -gettin' fat from
eatin' fish eggs
F
F

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Catfish Bill is what they call him
C
C

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Catfish Bill must be his name
G
G

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There ain't a fish in that old river
F
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C
C

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Db
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That old Catfish Bill can't tame
He just happens to have a
Gb
Gb

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Db
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little daughter,
Be fifteen this comin' year.
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He ain't taught that poor child nothin'
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And he won't let nobody else near.
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If you'd take a little soap
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Db
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and do a little scrubbin',
Ab
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Db
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Comb them cockleburrs from her hair,
Gb
Gb

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He would have the prettiest
Db
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little daughter
That you've ever seen anywhere
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Gb

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Catfish Bill is what they call him
Db
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Catfish Bill must be his name
Ab
Ab

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There ain't a fish in that old river
Gb
Gb

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Db
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That old Catfish Bill can't tame
I've been a -sittin' and a
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Gb

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-thinkin' it over
There just ain't no other way
I'm gonna marry up
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Gb

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Db
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with old Bill's daughter
Ab
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Ab
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Or my name ain't Cot tonmouth Clay
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Gb
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If Catfish Bill gives me any trouble
Ab
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When I go a -knockin' at his door
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Gb
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I'll just throw him in to that river
And keep him pushed away
from the shore
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Gb

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Catfish Bill is what they call him
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Catfish Bill must be his name
Ab
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There ain't a fish in that old river
Gb
Gb

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Db
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That old Cat fish Bill can't tame
Gb
Gb

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Catfish Bill is what they call him
Db
Db

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Catfish Bill must be his name
Ab
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There ain't a fish in that old river
Gb
Gb

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Db
Db

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Ab
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Db
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That old Catfish Bill can't tame

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