The First Showboat Jerry Jeff Walker
[Verse]
Yo[G]u know a mile around the bend on the Ohio
C[F]oming up the river for the S[C]und[G]ay s[C]how
There's a t[G]uba and a banjo and a steam calliope
W[F]ay in the back there's a b[C]ig p[G]addle [C]wheel
[Cborus]
What a thr[G]ill it musta been, playing Di[C]xie for the folks
[D]Up and down the river on the f[C]irst show[G]boat
What a thrill it musta been, playing Di[C]xie for the folks
[D]Up and down the river on the f[C]irst show[G]boat
[Verse]
Mo[G]mma took the kids and papa took the lunch
T[F]he kids took the bells and the w[C]hiskey t[G]ook the [C]drunks
Bu[G]t the biggest thrill of all, you know it had to be
W[F]as sitting up front playing stea[C]m [G]callio[C]pe
[Cborus]
We[G]ll there's magic in the air, they're fiddlin the rhymes
I[F]t's slow and easy in the [C]summe[G]rt[C]ime
Ye[G]ah, but who'd of ever thought, the day would come to be
W[F]here there's oil on the waters where the [C]rivers [G]used to [C]be
[Cborus]
Ye[G]ah a mile around the bend on the Ohio
C[F]oming up the river for the [C]Sunda[G]y [C]show
[Cborus]
N.C.
If you want to play along with the "Dixieland" theme as on Night After Night, the chords are
[G] [G] [C] [C] [G] [Em] [D] [G] [C] [G]
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