{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1897538,"song":"The First Showboat","artist":"Jerry Jeff Walker","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11424269-the-first-showboat-chords-by-jerry-jeff-walker/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1897538?type=chord","rating":4.7369,"votes":3,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know a mile around the bend on the Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nComing up the river for the Sunday show[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a tuba and a banjo and a steam calliope[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWay in the back there's a big paddle wheel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat a thrill it musta been, playing Dixie for the folks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUp and down the river on the first showboat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat a thrill it musta been, playing Dixie for the folks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUp and down the river on the first showboat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMomma took the kids and papa took the lunch[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe kids took the bells and the whiskey took the drunks[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the biggest thrill of all, you know it had to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas sitting up front playing steam calliope[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell there's magic in the air, they're fiddlin the rhymes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's slow and easy in the summertime[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, but who'd of ever thought, the day would come to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere there's oil on the waters where the rivers used to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah a mile around the bend on the Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nComing up the river for the Sunday show[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\nN.C.\r\nIf you want to play along with the \"Dixieland\" theme as on Night After Night, the chords are \r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \nN.C.\nIf you want to play along with the \"Dixieland\" theme as on Night After Night, the chords are \n\nG    G    C   C    G    Em    D   G C G","chords":["G","F","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}