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Steamboat Whistle Blues chords by 
John Hartford
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Intro 1
C
Em
F
G
C
Am
G
C
Verse 1
C
Well I started
Am
out to be a towboat man
G
C
But I never got the hang of a ratchet bar
I was a -growin up a-deckin in the
D
G
Illinois trade with coal dust in my ear
F
Em
I got stuck in the ice on Christmas Eve
D
G
And I froze my ass it's true
C
Just a shiv'rin and a-shakin with a
Am
Down South case of them
G
C
Steamboat whistle blues
Em
Oh Captain Way I'm sorry,
F
G
my hat is off to you
C
You've been a-hanging out out
Am
by the old cook stove
G
C
With the steamboat whistle blues
Interlude 1
C
Am
G
C
D
G
F
Em
D
G
C
Am
C
G
C
Verse 2
Am
Well way up North I called your phone
G
C
But I didn't get no one to answer
So I opened up the window
Am
C
and I smoked a little bit
D
G
And I watched the cars go by
F
Em
I'm gonna hunt you up and ask you
D
G
If you found out anything new
C
Or are you a-hangin to to the
Am
best you had
G
C
With the steamboat whistle blues
I've been right here since
Em
nine o'clock
F
G
And believe you me that's true
C
Am
G
Just a-lookin at at the water ways churning with the steamboat
C
whistle blues
Interlude 2
C
Am
G
C
G
D
G
F
Em
D
G
C
Am
G
C
Verse 3
C
Well the city's growing up
D
where it looks all square
C
G
Like a crossword puzzle
C
on the landscape
Am
It looks like an electric shaver now
C
G
Where the courthouse used to be
F
Em
The grass is all synthetic
D
G
And we don't know for sure
about the food
C
Am
The only thing we know for sure is
G
C
them steamboat whistle blues
Em
F
I'd sit and watch my TV if I thought
G
I could trust the news
C
Am
About the only thing I trust these days
G
C
Am
Is them steamboat whistle blues
G
C
Interlude 3
G
F
Em
G
C
Am
C
G
C
Verse 4
Am
Well "far out" Johnny well I
heard him say
G
As he stretched out back on
C
the water bed
Am
Bluegrass music is a thing of the past
D
G
And the same for rock and roll
F
Em
And I loaned him two or three dollars
G
And he gave me the latest news
C
And he left me here with
Am
a Rolling Stone
G
C
And the steamboat whistle blues
Em
I'll tear off down the river some
F
G
day before I'm through
G
Then come back here and see it out
With the steamboat whistle
C
blues
Outro 1
C
G
Em
F
G
C
Am
G
C
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