* = G#5 , G5 , F#5 , E5 
on Full House Aces High Live version 
 

INTRO: E5 
 
 E5                                        B5 
Have you ever took a boat ride down the Mississippi 
                                                E5 
Honey if you ever do you oughta take it on the Ella B 
                                    B5 
Cause it starts off in St. Louis Missouri 
                                                 E5 
And she take you down to Orleans and out to the sea 
           A5                                E5 
Well you heard about the ship called Queen Mary 
 A5                           E5 
That sailed on the northern sea 
 A5                          E5  B5                           *( G#5 , G5 , F#5 ) E5 
Ain't never took no boat ride till' you been riding on the Ella B 
 

 E5                               B5 
Her accomodations are among the best 
                                                  E5 
Give you three square meals a day and a place to rest 
                                                           B5 
Smell them big old plates of hot biscuits and the country ham 
                                                            E5 
Get your fresh fried chickens, mashed potatoes and candied yams 
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Heard about that ship called the Constitution fighting that Revolutionary War 
 A5              E5    B5                              *( G#5 , G5 , F#5 ) E5 
And our inland Navy she's the finest from shore to shore 
 
BRIDGE: 
E5 , B5 , E5 , B5 , E5 
 
 E5                                                                B5 
Well it takes about a week to get back down that old Mississippi river 
                                               E5 
When you get on board you wish it would last forever 
                                      B5 
Sit on the deck fish off the side all day 
                                                        E5 
Watch the sunny southland roll by and dream your blues away 
 A5                      E5 
Heard about the ship Titanic 
 A5                       E5 
Sank it on the northern sea 
 A5                    E5         B5                            *( G#5 , G5 , F#5 ) E5 
Ain't never took no boat ride 'till you been riding on the Mississippi 
 
(Full House Aces High Live version ending) 
 E5 
Well there ain't no tourist class and it ain't too fast 
 
Just one for all and we're having a ball