D                            A
Blind man on an old upright piano
D                  A
Lady in red on a banjolin
Bm                    F#m
Playing songs like Oh Suzanna
G                       E
Getting slower with each gin


A                  F#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D                  A
Make it home with time to kill
F#m                            Bm
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
D     E                   A           
I know that the Tennessee will


D                         A
I never did believe that Memphis
D                         A
Really was the end of the line
Bm                     F#m
So, I’m going back to Alabama
G                             E
Where my heart’s been all the time


D                       C#m
And I know it should be easy
Bm                       E
But, it’s hard to say goodbye


A                   F#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D                    A
Make it home with time to kill
F#m                             Bm
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
D     E                    Bm         
I know that the Tennessee will


Inst - F#m – G - E


D                       C#m
And I know it should be easy
Bm                      E
But, it’s hard to say goodbye


A                   F#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D                    A
Make it home with time to kill
F#m                              Bm
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
D     E                    A         F#m   
I know that the Tennessee will
D                    A
Make it home with time to kill
F#m                              Bm
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
D     E                    A  - F#m – D - E
I know that the Tennessee will