{"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":1449822,"song":"Catfish John","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1449822-catfish-john-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1449822?type=chord","rating":4.92986,"votes":261,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n   [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nE|---------------------|---------------------|\r\nB|---------------------|---------------------|\r\nG|---------------------|---------------------|\r\nD|---------------------|---------------------|\r\nA|-------3-4~--3p2-0---|------3-4~---3p2-0---|\r\nE|--5---------------2--|-5----------------2--| (repeat)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMama said don't go near that river [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDon't be hanging around old Catfish John[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut come the morning I'd always be there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTake me back, to another moment[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo a time, so long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the sweet, magnolias blossomed [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe cotton fields,  were white as snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]         \r\nCatfish John was a river hobo[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]         \r\nHe lived and died, by the rivers bend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]         \r\nLooking back, I still remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was proud,   to be his friend[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n(verse chords)\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]         \r\nBorn a slave, in the town of Vicksburg [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTraded for, a chestnut mare[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nLord he never, spoke in anger[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThough his load,   was hard to bear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMama said don't go near that river [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDon't be hanging around old Catfish John[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut come the morning I'd always be there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n(verse chords)\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","E","B","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}