Intro
E 
(Riff on the E chord while Katz and Sweeney come in with Piano and Lead) 
 
Verse 1
                              G#m        A 
Gonna hop a freight train and take it on down 
 E                                  B   A 
Take along my best suit of clothes 
E                   G#m A 
Get on down to some Ohio River town 
B            A       E 
Sail on down to Cabo 
 
Verse 2
                          G#m    A 
Mississippi Steamboat I'm headed your way 
E                                   B   A 
Gonna walk your plank on the shore 
 E                     G#m          A 
Sit myself down by the nearest deck of cards 
 B         A 
On a lordy river of gold 
 
Transition Jam/Runthrough
 
E     F#m 
G#m   A 
B     A 
 
Verse 3
 
 E                            G# A 
Sittin' in the back room with my grandpa 
 E                    B  A 
When I was only a boy 
 E                               G#m        A 
He's tellin' stories and playin' cards 'til dawn 
B        A                 E   A 
Ol' Mississippi Steamboat 
 
Verse 4
 
 E                        G#m  A 
Took me two years just to save enough 
 E                         B  A 
To bankroll my big chance 
 E                              G#m   A 
Hopin' by the time that I reach New Orleans 
 B             A            E 
That I'll be a wealthy man 
F#m          G#m  A 
Live while I can, yeah 
 
Transition 2
 
B   A 
E   C#m 
B   A 
F#m 
 
Verse 5
 
E                   G#m        A 
 I sat down, I got settled for the game 
E                              B   A 
 Watched the other's cold stare 
E                      G#m   A 
 My first night on the River Queen 
B                A                E   A 
 And all I could find was a pair 
E                     G#m      A 
 Woke up the next day half way broke 
E                          B   A 
I took a stop in Tennessee 
E                       G#m    A 
 Down on Beale Street I had the blues 
      B                A 
But a Memphis girl was good to me 
 
E     F#m 
G#m   A 
B     A 
E 
 
Katz jumps in with a saucy piano melody
 
G#   A 
E 
B    A 
E 
G#m  A 
B    A 
E    A 
E 
G#m  A 
E 
B    A 
E 
G#m  A 
B    A 
E    F#m 
G#m  A 
B    A 
E 
 
Sweeney comes in right before the A for some spicy lead
 
A 
E 
B   A 
E 
Em  A 
B   A 
E 
A 
E 
B   A 
E 
A 
B   A 
E   F#m 
G#m A 
B   A 
E   C#m 
B   A 
F#m 
E 
 
Bring it on home Verse 6
 
                   G#m     A 
Sit down again the following night 
E                           B   A 
 Suited up and ready to play 
E                               G#    A 
 Hopin' that the cards would be on my side 
B           A            E   A 
 I had only one more day 
E                    G#m    A 
 Took a while, but I evened it up 
E                              B   A 
 Lady Lucky was holdin' my hand 
E                                  G#m      A 
 And you know boy, by the time the sun came up, 
B        A          E 
 I was a wealthy man 
F#m           G#m A 
Live while I can, yeah 
 
B   A 
E   C#m 
B   A 
F#m 
E