Jerry Jeff Walker - The first showboat

Yo^Gu know a mile around the bend on the Ohio C^Foming up the river for the S^Cund^Gay s^Chow There's a t^Guba and a banjo and a steam calliope W^Fay in the back there's a b^Cig p^Gaddle ^Cwheel

What a thr^Gill it musta been, playing Di^Cxie for the folks ^DUp and down the river on the f^Cirst show^Gboat What a thrill it musta been, playing Di^Cxie for the folks ^DUp and down the river on the f^Cirst show^Gboat

Mo^Gmma took the kids and papa took the lunch T^Fhe kids took the bells and the w^Chiskey t^Gook the ^Cdrunks Bu^Gt the biggest thrill of all, you know it had to be W^Fas sitting up front playing stea^Cm ^Gcallio^Cpe

We^Gll there's magic in the air, they're fiddlin the rhymes I^Ft's slow and easy in the ^Csumme^Grt^Cime Ye^Gah, but who'd of ever thought, the day would come to be W^Fhere there's oil on the waters where the ^Crivers ^Gused to ^Cbe

Ye^Gah a mile around the bend on the Ohio C^Foming up the river for the ^CSunda^Gy ^Cshow

^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