Catfish John chords by The Hawking Brothers

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Verse 1
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Mama said don't go near that river
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Don't be hanging round old
Catfish
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John
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Come the morning I'll always be there
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Walking in his footsteps
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in the sweet delta dawn
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Let me dream of another morning
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And the time so long ago
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When the sweet magnolias blossomed
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Cotton fields were white as snow
Catfish
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John was a river hobo
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Living by the river bend
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Thinking back,  I still remember
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I was proud to be his friend
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Mama said, don't go near that river
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Don't be hangin' round old
Catfish
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John
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Come the mornin' I'll
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always be there
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Walkin' in his footsteps in the
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sweet delta dawn
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Born a slave in the town of
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Vicksburg
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Traded for a chestnut mare
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Still he never spoke in anger
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Though his love was hard to bear
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Mama said, don't go near that river
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Don't be hanging round old
Catfish
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John
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Come the morning I'll
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always be there
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D 
Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet
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Delta dawn
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Mama said, don't go near that river
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Don't be hangin' round old
Catfish
D 
John
Come the morning, I'll always be there