Steamboat Whistle Blues chords by
John Hartford

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Well I started

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out to be a towboat man

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But I never got the hang of a ratchet bar

I was a -growin up a-deckin in the

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Illinois trade with coal dust in my ear

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I got stuck in the ice on Christmas Eve

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And I froze my ass it's true

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Just a shiv'rin and a-shakin with a

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Down South case of them

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Steamboat whistle blues

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Oh Captain Way I'm sorry,

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my hat is off to you

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You've been a-hanging out out

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by the old cook stove

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With the steamboat whistle blues

Interlude 1

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Verse 2

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Well way up North I called your phone

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But I didn't get no one to answer

So I opened up the window

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and I smoked a little bit

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And I watched the cars go by

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I'm gonna hunt you up and ask you

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If you found out anything new

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Or are you a-hangin to to the

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best you had

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With the steamboat whistle blues

I've been right here since

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nine o'clock

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And believe you me that's true

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Just a-lookin at at the water ways churning with the steamboat

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whistle blues

Interlude 2

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Verse 3

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Well the city's growing up

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where it looks all square

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Like a crossword puzzle

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on the landscape

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It looks like an electric shaver now

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Where the courthouse used to be

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The grass is all synthetic

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And we don't know for sure

about the food

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The only thing we know for sure is

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them steamboat whistle blues

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I'd sit and watch my TV if I thought

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I could trust the news

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About the only thing I trust these days

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Is them steamboat whistle blues

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Interlude 3

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Em

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Verse 4

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Well "far out" Johnny well I

heard him say

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As he stretched out back on

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the water bed

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Bluegrass music is a thing of the past

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And the same for rock and roll

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And I loaned him two or three dollars

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And he gave me the latest news

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And he left me here with

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a Rolling Stone

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And the steamboat whistle blues

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I'll tear off down the river some

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day before I'm through

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Then come back here and see it out

With the steamboat whistle

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blues

Outro 1

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