Roustabout

	  		
Intro: A 

Verse 1:
                   D        A 
The fog is rolling down the river 
            E              A 
Dark clouds hangin’ mighty low 
                          D       A 
It’s a long long way from old St. Louis 
       E           A 
To the Gulf of Mexico 

 
          D                A 
I make my home on the Mississippi 
                                E 
I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat line 
           D                A 
We hit the deck on a Monday morning 
                    E             A 
Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night 



Instrumental: 
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Verse 2:
 
                  D       A 
Had me a girl way down in Vicksburg 
          E                  A 
I used to sob every time she passed 
             D                    A 
Til she took off with a riverboat gambler 
                   E               A 
In a new silk suit and a little mustache 


 
          D                A 
I make my home on the Mississippi 
                                E 
I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat line 
           D                A 
We hit the deck on a Monday morning 
                    E             A 
Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night 



Instrumental: 
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Verse 3:
 
                          D         A 
Now when I die woun't you do me one favour 
              E                     A 
Don’t bury me down in the cold cold ground 
             D                        A 
Just take me out to the middle of the river 
              E            A 
Throw me over and point me south 


 
          D                A 
I make my home on the Mississippi 
                                E 
I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat line 
           D                A 
We hit the deck on a Monday morning 
                    E             A 
Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night 



Instrumental: 
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Outro: 
          D                A 
I make my home on the Mississippi 
                                E 
I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat line 
           D                A 
We hit the deck on a Monday morning 
                    E             A 
Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night 
                    E             A 
Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night