Steamboat Bill Boogie chords by The Delmore Brothers

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Steamboat Bill
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Steamboat Bill was a merry old man
He never was satisfied when on land
The Mississippi River was
his stomping ground
The river ain't the same
since he's not around
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He used to race, race,
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race down the river
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He never did slow down
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for the weather
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He'd burn up the cauldron
if he run out of coal
Just to watch that steering
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wheel roll
There was a good man with a Robert E. Lee
He thought that boat just
couldn't be beat
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I'm tellin' you a for the younger race
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To show them how he had to face
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He used to race, race,
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race down the river
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He never did slow down
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for the weather
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He'd burn up the cargo
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if he run out of coal
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Just to watch that turnwheel roll
Rain or shine, he had to go
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He had to plow through ice and snow
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He was a race where the whippoorwill
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That took the life of steamboat Bill
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He used to race, race,
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race down the river
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He never did slow down
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for the weather
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He'd burn up the cargo
and run out of coal
Just to watch that stern
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wheel roll
When you see a boat come
down the stream,
Going so fast and in full stream,
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The people all think it's a ghost of Bill,
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Trying to catch that quiver wheel.
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Well, used to race, race,
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race down the river
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We never did slow down
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for the weather
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We'd burn up the cargo
and run out of coal
Just to watch that stern wheel roll
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