D [Verse]G D My granddad used to tell me, "Boy, when I was just your ageEm A I was a river pilot on a showboat called The StageD G D I'd hobnob with them southern belles and every roustaboutEm A D I'd listen to them paddle wheels and hear the leadsman shout" [Chorus]D Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) it's two fathoms deep belowEm A Em Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) heave the gangplank, start the showD G D Mark Twain, play those banjos as we goBm F#m Em A D G A D G A D Down the Mississippi, 'round the Gulf of Mexico [Verse]G D There were gamblers, crooks and fakers and a minstrel man who'd danceEm A A singin' gal, Simone Lamour, imported straight from FranceD G D It was a floatin' palace, boy, that showboat called The StageEm A D And granddad was the king of it, when he was just my age [Chorus]D Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) it's two fathoms deep belowEm A Em Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) heave the gangplank, start the showD G D Mark Twain, play those banjos as we goBm F#m Em A D Down the Mississippi, 'round the Gulf of Mexico [InstrumentalD G A DD G A DD G A DD G A D [Verse]G D The calliope is quiet now, the rudder's thick with rustEm A The main deck and the paddlewheels are covered high with dustD G D But granddad's in his glory, still standin' on the bowEm A D A halo 'round his pilot's cap and I can hear him now [Chorus]D Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) it's two fathoms deep belowEm A Em Mark Twain, (Mark Twain) heave the gangplank, start the showD G D Mark Twain, play those banjos as we goBm F#m Em A D Down the Mississippi, 'round the Gulf of Mexico [Chorus]D Mark Twain, it's two fathoms deep belowEm Mark Twain, heave the gangplank, start the showD G D Mark Twain, play those banjos as we goBm F#m Em A D Down the Mississippi, 'round the Gulf of Mexico
Mark Twain
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