The Ella B

* = G#, G, F#, E on Full House Aces High Live version

INTRO: E

 E                                        B7
Have you ever took a boat ride down the Mississippi
                                                E
Honey if you ever do you oughta take it on the Ella B
                                    B7
Cause it starts off in St. Louis Missouri
                                                 E
And she take you down to Orleans and out to the sea
           A                                E
Well you heard about the ship called Queen Mary
 A                           E
That sailed on the northern sea
 A                          E  B7                           *(G#, G, F#) E
Ain't never took no boat ride till' you been riding on the Ella B

 E                               B7
Her accomodations are among the best
                                                  E
Give you three square meals a day and a place to rest
                                                           B7
Smell them big old plates of hot biscuits and the country ham
                                                            E
Get your fresh fried chickens, mashed potatoes and candied yams
 A                                  E            A                         E
Heard about that ship called the Constitution fighting that Revolutionary War
 A              E    B7                              *(G#, G, F#) E
And our inland Navy she's the finest from shore to shore


BRIDGE: E, B7, E, B7, E


 E                                                                B7
Well it takes about a week to get back down that old Mississippi river
                                               E
When you get on board you wish it would last forever
                                      B7
Sit on the deck fish off the side all day
                                                        E
Watch the sunny southland roll by and dream your blues away
 A                      E
Heard about the ship Titanic
 A                       E
Sank it on the northern sea
 A                    E         B7                            *(G#, G, F#) E
Ain't never took no boat ride 'till you been riding on the Mississippi


(Full House Aces High Live version ending)
 E
Well there ain't no tourist class and it ain't too fast

Just one for all and we're having a ball