Artist/Band: John Hartford Tabs
Song: Mississippi Queen Tab
Mississippi Queen
John Hartford
Heading Down Into Mystery Train
Flying Fish 1978
Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key Eb
Jamey and John live concert tape recording
Also harpgirl from Mudcat below****
Chorus:
Eb
Oh, the Mississippi Queen,
Ab Eb
Sailing up the Mississippi
Ab Eb
Oh the Mississippi Queen
Eb Ab Eb
She's the queen of the west
Eb
Oh the Mississippi Queen,
Ab Eb
Sailing up the Mississippi
Ab Eb
Biggest steamboat--- that was ever afloat
Bb Eb
On the Mississippi River--- back home
Chorus: repeat
Instrumental:
Eb Ab Eb
She's the daughter of the Grand Republic
Bb Eb
And the J. M. White
She's sister to the Delta Queen,
Bb Eb
On a moonlight nite
Chorus; again
Eb
Pittsburgh, Sewickley, Point Pleasant, Huntington,
Cincinnati, Louisville, Tell City, Evansville,
Paducah, Cairo, Memphis, Greenville, Vicksburgh, Natchez,
Bb Eb
Baton Rouge, and then to New Orleans
Eb
People standing on the levee,
Ab Bb Eb
Waiting for the Mississippi Queen
Chorus: again
Chorus: again
I received the following lyrics from Harpgirl which may be more
accurate; but the above is the way I heard the John Hotze
watching John play it, and make it a better tab...v.g.)
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The Mississippi Queen
(John Hartford)
Oh the Mississippi Queen, oh the Mississippi Queen
Headin up the Mississippi, headin up the Mississippi
Oh the Mississippi Queen, oh the Mississippi Queen
She's the queen of the west, she's the queen of the west
Oh the Mississippi Queen, oh the Mississippi Queen
Headin up the Mississippi, headin up the Mississippi
The biggest steamboat, the biggest steamboat
That ever was afloat, that ever was afloat
On the Mississippi River back home
On the Mississippi River back home
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