Trout Fishing in America - Mandaddy guitar tab

From: Erik Karlson

Mandaddy

By Dana Cooper

As performed by Trout Fishing in America on the album "Who Are These People"

This is an approximation for those who are guitar-challenged. The chord struc

ture is correct, as is the key, but Ezra does play some rather interesting

chords that are unintelligible to me!!

E

Summer is coming, catfish are jumping

D A

The willows are weeping up the river

E

Mandaddy's wagon comes rattling and dragging

A B

His magical route

E

He's bringing ghost stories and bright penny whistles

D A

White Chinese muzzles in tins of glory

E D A E

Look on the horizon and see the dust rolling down the road

Chorus:

B A E

My name is Mandaddy and I roam these hills

B A E

I sing and I whistle and I'll cure your ills

A C#m F#

Oh Mandaddy, Oh Mandaddy's gonna cure your ills

B E

Mandaddy's gonna cure your ills

E

He walks like a farmer, talks like warm water

D A

Smells like tobacco and gun powder

E

He's bringing red garters and bright copper kettles

A B

and brown leather shoes

E

He says, "I remember when your folks was young'uns

D A

Laughing and running in Indian summer

E D A E

They'd watch the horizon and see the dust rolling down the road!"

Chorus

E

Everything changes, it's only natural

D A

Nothing remains as it once started

E

This time next summer I may not be here, hear what I say

E

Children I love you, you make life worth living

E A

The rivers worth crossing the gifts worth giving

E D A E

Look on the horizon and see the dust rolling down the road

Chorus

transcribed by Erik Karlsson

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