The First Showboat

Verse G You know a mile around the bend on the Ohio F C G C Coming up the river for the Sunday show G There's a tuba and a banjo and a steam calliope F C G C Way in the back there's a big paddle wheel Chorus G C What a thrill it musta been, playing Dixie for the folks D C G Up and down the river on the first showboat C What a thrill it musta been, playing Dixie for the folks D C G Up and down the river on the first showboat Verse G Momma took the kids and papa took the lunch F C G C The kids took the bells and the whiskey took the drunks G But the biggest thrill of all, you know it had to be F C G C Was sitting up front playing steam calliope Chorus G Well there's magic in the air, they're fiddlin the rhymes F C G C It's slow and easy in the summertime G Yeah, but who'd of ever thought, the day would come to be F C G C Where there's oil on the waters where the rivers used to be Chorus G Yeah a mile around the bend on the Ohio F C G C Coming up the river for the Sunday show Chorus N.C. If you want to play along with the "Dixieland" theme as on Night After Night, the chords are GGCCGEDGG