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Doobie Bros - Black Water (First Version)

Doobie Bros - Black Water (First Version) Chords / Tabs

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The Doobie Brothers'"Black Water" (by Patrick Simmons)


out that the correct tuning is "double drop D" (DADGBD).  I have changed
the transcription accordingly.  Thanks Josh!

NOTE:   > = accent this note, h = hammer on, p = pull off, b = bend


INTRODUCTION [play this phrase 4 times, with slight variations]

Am7             D
d-------0---------------0---------|
b-------1---------------3---------|
g-----0---------------2-----2-----|
D->--------------------------->->-|
A-0--------->----->-----------2h3-|
D-----------3b----0---------------|
1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 3 ' ' ' 4 ' ' '

VERSE #1:

D       Am7        D               Am7         D
Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'

Am7        D           Am7           D
ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name

Am7          D           Am7          D
Catfish are jumpin' that paddle wheel thumpin'

Am7            D           Am7         D
Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same


CHORUS:

G
Old black water, keep on rollin'

Bb                                            G
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water,
keep on rollin'

Bb                                            G
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water,
keep on rollin'

Bb                                            A  '  '  Em7
Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?

A            Em7               A     Em7
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light, gonna make every thing

A                 Em7
Pretty mama, gonna make everything all right

D            Am7              D           Am7      A     Em7
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all

A
d---------------------------------|
b-2---------------3p2-3p2---------|  then: INTRO (4 times with fiddle solo)
g-2-------------------------------|
D-2---------------4p2-4p2---------|
A-0-------------------------2h3---|
D---------------------------------|
1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 3 ' ' ' 4 ' ' '

VERSE #2

D           Am7                D               Am7              D
Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me

Am7               D            Am7   D
Just take that street car that's goin' up town        Yeah, I'd like to

Am7             D             Am7           D
hear some funky Dixieland and dance a honky tonk, and I'll be

Am7                    D        Am7      D
buyin' everybody drinks all roun'-------


CHORUS, followed by guitar/fiddle solos, then:


ENDING [1: with music, 2/3: a capella, then with music, repeat and fade]:


D           Am7             D                 Am7
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, pretty momma come and take me

D                     Am7                      D
by the hand,  by  the hand,     take me by the hand,
(I want to honky-tonk)       (honky-tonk)

Am7                     D
pretty momma, come and dance with your daddy all night long, I'd like to...
(honky-tonk)                 (with you all night long)


**Chords**

Am7  D   G  Bb  Em7  A
d   0   0   5   3   0   0
b   1   3   0   3   3   2
g   0   2   0   0   0   2
D   2   0   0   0   2   2
A   0   x   x   1   2   0
D   x   0   5   x   2   x

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