Steamboat Whistle Blues

Track Number 02 from: Aereo-Plain (1971) E C Banjo tuned , Capo 3, Key of: CF Well I started out to be a tow-boat man C But I never got the hang of a ratchet bar F I was growing up decking in the Illinois trade GC With coal dust in my ear F I got stuck in the ice on Christmas eve C And I froze my ass it's true F Just a shivering and shaking with a CGC Down south case of them steamboat whistle blues F Oh Captain Way I'm sorry, C My hat is off to you F You've been hanging out by the old cook stove CGC With the steamboat whistle blues Instrumental: Well way up North I called your phone But I didn't get no one to answer So I opened up the window and smoked a little bit And I watched the cars go by Gonna hunt you up and ask you Have you found out anything new? Or are you hanging to the best you have With the steamboat whistle blues I've been right here since nine o'clock And believe you me that's true I'm just looking at the waterway churning on With the steamboat whistle blues Instrumental: Well the city's grown up Where it looks all square like a crossword puzzle on the landscape It looks like electric shaver now Where the court house used to be The grass is all synthetic and we don't know for sure about the food The only thing we know for sure Is them steamboat whistle blues I'd sit and watch my T.V. If I thought I could trust the news About the only thing I trust these days Is them steamboat whistle blues Instrumental: Well a far out Johnny well I heard him say And he stretched out back on the waterbed Bluegrass music is thing of the past and the same for Rock N Roll And I loaned him two or three dollars And he give me the latest news And he left me here with a Rolling Stone And the steamboat whistle blues I'll tear out down the river Someday before I'm through Then come back here and see it out With the steamboat whistle blues