Catfish John - Johnny Russell |[Chorus] |[D] Mama said don't go [G] near that river. |[D] Don't be hanging around old Catfish [A] John. |[D] But come the morning I'd [G] always be there |[D] Walking in his footsteps in the sweet [A] delta [D] dawn. Verse 1: Born a [G] slave in the town of [D] Vicksburg Traded [G] for a chestnut [D] mare Still he [G] never spoke in [D] anger, Though his [D] load was [A] hard to [D] bear [Chorus] Verse 2: Catfish [G] John was a river [D] hobo He lived [G] and died on the [D] river bend Thinking [G] back I still [D] remember I was [D] proud to [A] be his [D] friend. |[Chorus] |[D] Mama said don't go [G] near that river. |[D] Don't be hanging around old Catfish [A] John. |[D] But come the morning I'd [G] always be there |[D] Walking in his footsteps in the sweet [A] delta [D] dawn. Verse 3: Let me [G] dream of another [D] morning and a [G] time so long [D] ago When the [G] sweet magnolias [D] blossomed and the [D] cotton fields [A] were white [D] as snow [Chorus]