#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# The First Showboat by Billy Callery 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 Momma took the kids and papa took the lunch The kids took the bells and the whiskey took the drunks But the biggest thrill of all, you know it had to be Was sitting up front playing steam calliope Chorus Well there's magic in the air, they're fiddlin the rhymes It's slow and easy in the summertime Yeah, but who'd of ever thought, the day would come to be Where there's oil on the waters where the rivers used to be Chorus Yeah a mile around the bend on the Ohio Coming up the river for the Sunday show Chorus x3 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 | I might be in a different key on Walker's Collectibles. I think it might need a capo at the 2nd fret. I'm not sure without listening to it, but I seem to think that's it. Tabbed by Michael Shaw <[email protected]>