Roustabout
Blue & Lonesome
Key of G · Chords: I IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G C G Fog is rolling down the river D G Dark clouds hangin’ mighty low G C G It’s a long long way from old St. Louis D G To the Gulf of Mexico
Chorus
G C G Well I make my home on the Mississippi D I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat line C G We hit the deck on a Monday morning D G Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night
Verse 2
G C G Got me a girl way down in Vicksburg D G We stopped in every time we passed C G Til she took off with a riverboat gambler D G In a new silk suit and a little mustache
Chorus
G C G Well I make my home on the Mississippi D I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat line C G We hit the deck on a Monday morning D G Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night
Verse 3
C G Now when I die do me one favor D G Don’t lay me down in the cold cold ground C G Just take me out to the middle of the river D G Throw me over and point me south
Chorus
G C G Well I make my home on the Mississippi D I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat line C G We hit the deck on a Monday morning
Chorus
G C G Well I make my home on the Mississippi D I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat line C G We hit the deck on a Monday morning D G Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night