The Ella B

	  		Tabbed by: Jonathan Harrington 
 
* = G#, G, F#, E on Full House Aces High Live version 
 
INTRO: E 
 
 E                                        B7 
Have you ever took a boat ride down the Mississippi 
                                                E 
Honey if you ever do you oughta take it on the Ella B 
                                    B7 
Cause it starts off in St. Louis Missouri 
                                                 E 
And she take you down to Orleans and out to the sea 
           A                                E 
Well you heard about the ship called Queen Mary 
 A                           E 
That sailed on the northern sea 
 A                          E  B7                           *(G#, G, F#) E 
Ain't never took no boat ride till' you been riding on the Ella B 
 
 E                               B7 
Her accomodations are among the best 
                                                  E 
Give you three square meals a day and a place to rest 
                                                           B7 
Smell them big old plates of hot biscuits and the country ham 
                                                            E 
Get your fresh fried chickens, mashed potatoes and candied yams 
 A                                  E            A                         E 
Heard about that ship called the Constitution fighting that Revolutionary War 
 A              E    B7                              *(G#, G, F#) E 
And our inland Navy she's the finest from shore to shore 
 
 
BRIDGE: E, B7, E, B7, E 
 
 
 E                                                                B7 
Well it takes about a week to get back down that old Mississippi river 
                                               E 
When you get on board you wish it would last forever 
                                      B7 
Sit on the deck fish off the side all day 
                                                        E 
Watch the sunny southland roll by and dream your blues away 
 A                      E 
Heard about the ship Titanic 
 A                       E 
Sank it on the northern sea 
 A                    E         B7                            *(G#, G, F#) E 
Ain't never took no boat ride 'till you been riding on the Mississippi 
 
 
(Full House Aces High Live version ending) 
 E 
Well there ain't no tourist class and it ain't too fast 
 
Just one for all and we're having a ball