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Riverboat Fantasy Tab

by David Wilcox


RIVERBOAT FANTASY
DAVID WILCOX

Intro:
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Verse 1:

Sittin' on a riverboat, havin' a party
              
Me and my Cajun Queen

She's turnin' twenty-one on the Mississippi river
                     
Headin' down to New Orleans

    
The year is 1894

Oh come on mama and love me some more
    
Her dark eyes flash like a gambler's rings
                             
She shakes her pretty head and sings

Chorus:

Life for me is a riverboat fantasy
                  
Watchin' the sun go down

A rock and roll band with a reefer in my hand
                         
Now look at that wheel go around
 

Cocaine kisses and moonshine Misses
                  
That's the life for me
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I'm sailing away from my heartache
                  
On a riverboat fantasy

Verse 2:
Can't think, can't drink anymore whisky
I could'a drunk a river dry
Mmmmm...this old boat she's
Just sittin' in the moonlight
Catchin' the gleam in her eye

Showers of rain come pourin' down
The sky full of stars like a French lace gown
Shimmer, glimmer I think I'm gonna fall
Whoops catch me mama, that's all

Repeat chorus

Solo:        GC 

Verse 3:
Delta sun beats down like a hammer
Mmmm....it gives the low down blues
I've got a cotton gin. I'll weave and spin
And shake the dust from my shoes

I made my money, I found me a honey
To tickle me under my chin
When mornin' comes I'll ride into town
And worry 'bout the shape I'm in

Repeat chorus