• Song:

    Black Water

  • Artist:

    Doobie Brothers

  • Album:

    The Doobie Brothers Far...

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Transcription by: Robert Andersen (robert_andersen@hp-paloalto-om5.om.hp.com ) 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)
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