Roustabout
Blue Canyon Boys
Written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs
Key of G · Chords: I IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongIntro
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
C G Well I make my home on the Mississippi D I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat now C G We hit the deck on a Monday morning D G Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night
Verse 1
G C G Got me a gal way down in Vicksburg D G We stopped in every time we passed C G Till she run off with a riverboat gambler D G In a new silk suit and a little mustache
Chorus
C G Well I make my home on the Mississippi D I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat now 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 Now when I die do me one favour 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 Roll me over and point me south
Chorus
C G Well I make my home on the Mississippi D I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat now C G We hit the deck on a Monday morning D G Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night
Chorus
C G Well I make my home on the Mississippi D I’m a roustabout on a Steamboat now C G We hit the deck on a Monday morning D G Gonna make the dock on a Saturday night